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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781221403321

Autore

Mitchell Allan <1933->

Titolo

The devil's captain [[electronic resource] ] : Ernst Jünger in Nazi Paris, 1941-1944 / / Allan Mitchell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Berghahn Books, 2011

ISBN

0-85745-115-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (139 p.)

Disciplina

838.91209

Soggetti

Soldiers - Germany

Authors, German - 20th century

Paris (France) History 1940-1944

Paris (France) Intellectual life 20th century

Paris (France) Biography

France History German occupation, 1940-1945

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

The loner -- The road to Paris -- Photograph section I -- Man about town -- Dreaming and musing -- Strange interlude -- Kniebolo and the Nazis -- Photograph section II -- The plot against Hitler -- Telling omissions -- Immediate afterthoughts -- The correspondent -- Photograph section III -- Postscript: Liebe Sophie.

Sommario/riassunto

Author of Nazi Paris, a Choice Academic Book of the Year, Allan Mitchell has researched a companion volume concerning the acclaimed and controversial German author Ernst Jünger who, if not the greatest German writer of the twentieth century, certainly was the most controversial. His service as a military officer during the occupation of Paris, where his principal duty was to mingle with French intellectuals such as Jean Cocteau and with visiting German celebrities like Martin Heidegger, was at the center of disputes concerning his career. Spending more than three years in the Frenc