A companion to the literature of German Expressionism
By: edited by Neil H. Donahue
Contributors: Donahue, Neil H
Series: Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture; Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Camden House
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 373
Subjects: German literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Expressionism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-356) and index
Table of contents: title: Metaphysical mimesis: Nietzsche's Geburt der Tragödie and the aesthetics of literary expressionism / Richard T. Gray; title: The prose of German Expressionism / Walter H. Sokel; title: Prosaic intensities: the short prose of German Expressionism / Rhys W. Williams; title: The cutting edge of German Expressionism: the woodcut novel of Frans Masereel and its influences / Perry Willett; title: Menschheitsdämmerung: the aging of a Canon / Francis Michael Sharp; title: Choric consciousness in Expressionist poetry: Ernst Stadler, Else Lasker-Schüler, Georg Heym, Georg Trakl, Gottfried Benn / James Rolleston; title: Performing the poem: rituals of activism in Expressionist poetry / Klaus Weissenberger; title: Provocation and proclamation, vision and imagery: Expressionist drama between German idealism and modernity / Ernst Schürer; title: The spirit of Expressionism ex machina: the staging of technology in Expressionist drama / Christa Spreizer; title: Intimate strangers: women in German Expressionism / Barbara D. Wright; title: Expressionism and cinema: reflections on a phantasmagoria of film history / Sabine Hake