Ernst Toller and German Society
Subtitle: Intellectuals As Leaders and Critics, 1914-1939
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9781611476354
Subjects: Toller, ernst, 1893-1939; Politics and literature; Authors, german; Authors, biography; Intellectuals, germany; Germany, politics and government, 1918-1933
Description: "Between 1918 and 1939 Ernst Toller was one of Germany's prominent left-wing intellectuals, He was a leader of the German Revolution of 1918-1919, famous playwright of the 1920s and best known spokesman against Hitler during the 1930s, writing about a country unsuccessfully balancing between survival and annihilation. This study, the first comprehensive analysis in two decades, shows the influence that intellectuals can have in a troubled society and asks what qualities make leaders effective"--