02915nam 22006491 450 991045395950332120200520144314.01-61147-636-4(CKB)2550000001150926(EBL)1471882(OCoLC)861559157(SSID)ssj0001036977(PQKBManifestationID)12461520(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001036977(PQKBWorkID)11043369(PQKB)11456828(MiAaPQ)EBC1471882(Au-PeEL)EBL1471882(CaPaEBR)ebr10783442(CaONFJC)MIL546387(EXLCZ)99255000000115092620131021h20132013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrErnst Toller and German society intellectuals as leaders and critics, 1914-1939 /Robert EllisMadison, [New Jersey] :Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,[2013]©20131 online resource (251 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-68393-068-1 1-61147-635-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 AuthorBetween 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. Intellectuals as leaders and critics, 1914-1939Politics and literatureGermanyHistory20th centuryDramatists, German20th centuryBiographyAuthors, German20th centuryBiographyIntellectualsGermanyHistory20th centuryGermanyPolitics and government1918-1933Electronic books.Politics and literatureHistoryDramatists, GermanAuthors, GermanIntellectualsHistory832/.912Ellis Robert1946-911332MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453959503321Ernst Toller and German society2040873UNINA