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Author:

Strobl, Gerwin.

Title:

The swastika and the stage : German theatre and society, 1933-1945 / Gerwin Strobl.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

xii, 341 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Theater and state--Germany--History.
National socialism and theater--Germany--History.
Theater--Germany--History--19th century.
Theater--Germany--History--20th century.
German drama--19th century--History and criticism.
German drama--20th century--History and criticism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: why write a book about the theatre in the Third Reich? -- Weimar: politics in the playhouse -- Visions of a national rebirth: völkisch theatre reform -- The uses of the past: from the Thingspiel to the Nazi history plays -- Stages of aggression: theatre and the 'ethnic struggle' -- 'The stream of heredity': theatre in the racial state -- The faith of our forefathers: theatre and the Nazi assault on Christianity -- The manacled muse: theatre and political domination -- 'The final redoubt': theatre and propaganda -- The age of Mephistopheles: theatre and power.

Series:

Cambridge studies in modern theatre

ISBN:

0521880769 (hbk.)
9780521880763 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)173238945

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)