Nazi characters in German propaganda and literature

Author(s)

• Lorenz, Dagmar C. G.

Bibliographic Information

Nazi characters in German propaganda and literature

by Dagmar C.G. Lorenz

（Studia imagologica, v. 24）

Brill Rodopi, c2018

• : hardback

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-166) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Winner of the 2019 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Stereotypical characters that promoted the Nazi worldview were repurposed by antifascist authors in Weimar Germany, argues Dagmar C.G. Lorenz. This is the first book to trace Nazi characters through the German and Austrian literature. Until the defeat of the Third Reich, pro-Nazi literature was widely distributed. However, after the war, Nazi publications were suppressed or even banned, and new writers began to dominate the market alongside exile and resistance authors. The fact that Nazi figures remained consistent suggests that, rather than representing real people, they functioned as ideological signifiers. Recent literature and films set in the Nazi era show that "the Nazis", ambiguous characters with a sinister appeal, live on as an established trope in the cultural imagination.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction 1 The Origins and Conceptualization of Nazi Figures after the First World War The Utopian Typology of a Nazi State and Its Citizens The Program of the National Socialist German Workers' Party Artur Dinter's Anti-Semitic Novel Die Sunde wider das Blut Hans F.K. Gunther's Racial Theory in Rassenkunde des deutschen Volkes Adolf Hitler's Autobiographical Manifesto Mein Kampf Alfred Rosenberg's Racialized Cultural History Der Mythus des Zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts Critical Responses to the Nazi Typology Hans Reimann's and Hugo Bettauer's Political Satires Joseph Roth's Society Novel Das Spinnennetz Gertrud Kolmar's Novella Die Judische Mutter 2 Contested Nazi Characters Literature Exploring the Turning Point of 1932/3 through Nazi Figures Lion Feuchtwanger's Family Saga Die Geschwister Oppenheim Ferdinand Bruckner's Drama Die Rassen Friedrich Wolf's Drama Professor Mamlock Transfigured Germans. Leni Riefenstahl's Celebration of the National Community in the Propaganda Film Triumph des Willens Representations of Nazi Characters in Exile Literature Hermynia Zur Muhlen's Novel Unsere Toechter, die Nazinen Klaus Mann's Roman a Clef Mephisto Bertolt Brecht's Epic Drama Furcht und Elend des Dritten Reiches Veza Canetti's Novel Die Schildkroeten Anna Seghers's Narrative Der Ausflug der toten Madchen 3 The Problem of Nazi Identity and Representation after 1945 Processing Defeat The Memoir of Auschwitz Commandant Rudolf Hoess Marta Hillers's Anonymous Memoir Eine Frau in Berlin Ingeborg Bachmann's Wartime Diary Kriegstagebuch Writing about Nazis-A Postwar Dilemma Carl Zuckmayer's Drama Des Teufels General Wolfgang Borchert's Play Drau en vor der Tur Heinrich Boell's Narrative Der Zug war punktlich Ilse Aichinger's Novel Die groe ere Hoffnung Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Details

• NCID: BC12264030
• ISBN:
  • 9789004365254
• LCCN: 2018020527
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Leiden
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 175 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PT405
  • DC23 : 830.9/358
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Nazis in literature
  • LCSH : German literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Nazi propaganda
  • LCSH : National socialism in literature
  • LCSH : Austrian literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA21350580