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Title:

Contemplating violence : critical studies in modern German culture / edited by Stefani Engelstein and Carl Niekerk.

Publisher:

Rodopi,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

296 p. : ill. : 24 cm.

Subject:

Violence in literature.
Social conflict in literature.
Political violence in literature.
Violence in popular culture.
Violence in motion pictures.
German literature--18th century--History and criticism.
German literature--19th century--History and criticism.
German literature--20th century--History and criticism.
Literature and society--Germany--History.
Germany--In literature.
Germany--Intellectual life.

Other Authors:

Engelstein, Stefani, 1970-
Niekerk, Carl.

Notes:

Based on the conference "Violence in German literature, culture, and intellectual history, 1789-1938," at University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), Oct. 14-16, 2005. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

Illuminates the treatment of violence in the German cultural tradition between the French Revolution and the Holocaust and Second World War.

Series:

Amsterdamer Beiträge zur neueren Germanistik, 0304-6257 ; 79

ISBN:

9789042032941
9042032944

OCLC:

(OCoLC)709666385

Locations:

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

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)