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De Gruyter - The Modern Restoration: German Literary History

Name: De Gruyter - The Modern Restoration: German Literary History
Brand: De Gruyter
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The Modern Restoration: Re-thinking German Literary History 1930-1960 offers a fresh perspective on twentieth-century German literature. This scholarly work moves away from the traditional focus on the political shifts of 1933 and 1945. Instead, it explores a restorative aesthetic mood that existed between 1930 and 1960, crossing through major political boundaries. The book is structured into two distinct parts to provide a comprehensive view. The first part examines a wide range of literary journals to identify shared aesthetic trends during this period. The second part looks at the individual careers of five significant writers: Gottfried Benn, Johannes R. Becher, Bertolt Brecht, Gunter Eich, and Peter Huchel. By looking at these authors against the backdrop of the prevailing restorative climate, the text provides a new way to understand the development of German literature during these decades.

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Challenges traditional views of German literary history by looking beyond the political turning points of 1933 and 1945.

Analyzes a synchronic corpus of literary journals to identify a restorative aesthetic mood spanning 1930 to 1960.

Provides a diachronic study of five influential writers including Bertolt Brecht and Gottfried Benn.

Examines how specific literary careers functioned within the broader restorative climate of the era.

Offers a dual-method approach combining journal analysis with individual author studies for deep historical insight.

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Brand: De Gruyter
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 3110181134
Category: Books > Subjects > Poetry, Drama & Criticism > History & Criticism
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 26 July 2004
Listed Since: 10 December 2006

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