Mephisto in the Third Reich
Subtitle: literary representations of evil in Nazi Germany
By: Emanuela Barasch-Rubinstein
Publisher: De Gruyter; The Hebrew University Magnes Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Berlin; Jerusalem
Language: eng
Number of pages: 170
ISBN-13: 9783110379389
Subjects: German literature; Devil in literature; Evil in literature; History and criticism
Description: The association of Nazism with the symbol of ultimate evil - the devil - can be found in the works of Klaus and Thomas Mann, Else Lasker-Schüler, and Rolf Hochhuth. He appears either as Satan of the Judeo-Christian tradition, or as Goethe's Mephisto. Barasch-Rubinstein looks into this phenomenon and analyzes the premise that the image of the devil had a substantial impact on Germans' acceptance of Nazi ideas.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.