Old dreams of a new Reich
Subtitle: volkish utopias and national socialism
By: [by] Jost Hermand ; translated by Paul Levesque in collaboration with Stefan Soldovieri.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
Subjects: German prose literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; German prose literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Fascism in literature.; Nationalism in literature.; Fascism -- Germany -- History.; Nationalism -- Germany -- History.; National socialism -- History.; Conservatism -- Germany -- History.; Utopias -- History.
Description: Old Dreams of a New Reich, the translation of Jost Hermand's comprehensive study of prefascist and fascist utopias (Der alte Traum vom neuen Reich), examines tracts and futuristic novels crucial to the development and final radicalization of German national sentiments from the second part of the eighteenth century. Scholars and propagandists used the glorified virtues of ancient German tribes to create the cult of Germanic values. These works offer a vivid insight into the public imagination between 1871 and 1945, and into the highly successful media machinations employed by the Right as it used all literary genres - including avant-gardistic works as well as pulp novels and works of science fiction - to manipulate the general public.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.