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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453959503321

Autore

Ellis Robert <1946->

Titolo

Ernst Toller and German society : intellectuals as leaders and critics, 1914-1939 / / Robert Ellis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, [New Jersey] : , : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-61147-636-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Disciplina

832/.912

Soggetti

Politics and literature - Germany - History - 20th century

Dramatists, German - 20th century

Authors, German - 20th century

Intellectuals - Germany - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Germany Politics and government 1918-1933

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: The Intellectual as Critic; Chapter Three: "Wandering"; Chapter Four: The Attractions of Ideology; Chapter Five: Revolution of Love; Chapter Six: "A Gentle Apostle"; Chapter Seven: The Critic as Exile; Chapter Eight: Conclusion; Selected Bibliography; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

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 of a troubled society and asks what qualities make leaders effective.