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

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Madison, [New Jersey] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Lanham, Maryland : copublished with Rowman & Littlefield, [2013]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781611476361 (electronic bk.)
  • 1611476364 (electronic bk.)
Other title:
  • Intellectuals as leaders and critics, 1914-1939
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ernst Toller and German societyDDC classification:
  • 832/.912 23
LOC classification:
  • PT2642.O65 Z654 2013eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- The intellectual as critic -- "Wandering " : the prewar years, 1889-1914 -- The attractions of ideology: expressionism and activism -- Revolution of love: Bavaria, 1918-1919 -- "A gentle apostle ": the Weimar years -- The critic as exile -- Conclusion: what the shadow said.
Summary: "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 a troubled society and asks what qualities make leaders effective"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The intellectual as critic -- "Wandering " : the prewar years, 1889-1914 -- The attractions of ideology: expressionism and activism -- Revolution of love: Bavaria, 1918-1919 -- "A gentle apostle ": the Weimar years -- The critic as exile -- Conclusion: what the shadow said.

"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 a troubled society and asks what qualities make leaders effective"-- Provided by publisher.

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