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A Theme in German Modernism

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Hardcover | 3 April 1995

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This book studies individual works by twelve major writers of German modernism, including Thomas Mann, Musil, Brecht and Rilke, in relation to the history of the twentieth century. It explores the theme of the 'dear purchase', an ideal of moral strenuousness and sacrifice seen as characteristic of Germany after Nietzsche, and reveals the underlying flaw in this notion as a self-justifying value. In this context, it considers the renaissance of German poetry after 1900, the impact of the War of 1914, its aftermath in uncertainty and relativism, and attitudes to the Hitler period, and finally juxtaposes Mann's Felix Krull and Kafka's story Josephine as a deliverance from the value-system of the title. The Introduction, partly autobiographical, traces J. P. Stern's preoccupation with this interpretation of his material in many of the books he published (especially those concerned with Nietzsche and Hitler), and pays tribute to Wittgenstein's influence on his thinking.

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Non-Fiction Literature, Poetry & Plays History & Criticism of Literature General Literary Studies Literary Studies from 1900 to Current

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Foreword
Editor-s preface
Introduction
The theme
Reality
Relativity
The Great War
The purchase of poetry
Rendering account
A deliverance of sorts
Postscript: the divided self
Notes
Index
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The Dear Purchase

A Theme in German Modernism

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