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A Companion to the Works of Alfred Döblin
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A volume of carefully focused essays illuminating the works of one of the leading 20th-century German writers.
Alfred Döblin (1878-1957) was one of the great German-Jewish writers of the 20th century, a major figure in the German avant-garde before the First World War and a leading intellectual during the Weimar Republic. Döblin greatly influenced the history of the German novel: his best-known work, the best-selling 1929 novel Berlin Alexanderplatz, has frequently been compared in its use of internal monologue and literary montage to James Joyce's Ulysses and John Dos Passos's Manhattan Transfer . Döblin's oeuvre is by no means limited to novels, but in this genre, he offered a surprising variety of narrative techniques, themes, structures, and outlooks. Döblin's impact on German writers after the Second World War was considerable: Günter Grass, for example, acknowledged him as "my teacher." And yet, while Alexanderplatz continues to fascinate the reading public, it has overshadowed therest of Döblin's immense oeuvre. This volume of carefully focused essays seeks to do justice to such important texts as Döblin's early stories, his numerous other novels, his political, philosophical, medical, autobiographical, and religious essays, his experimental plays, and his writings on the new media of cinema and radio.
Contributors:Heidi Thomann Tewarson, David Dollenmayer, Neil H. Donahue, Roland Dollinger, Veronika Fuechtner, GabrieleSander, Erich Kleinschmidt, Wulf Koepke, Helmut F. Pfanner, Helmuth Kiesel, Klaus Müller-Salget, Christoph Bartscherer, Wolfgang Düsing.
Roland Dollinger is associate professor of German at Sarah Lawrence College; WulfKoepke is professor emeritus of German at Texas A&M University; Heidi Thomann Tewarson is professor of German at Oberlin College.
Alfred Döblin (1878-1957) was one of the great German-Jewish writers of the 20th century, a major figure in the German avant-garde before the First World War and a leading intellectual during the Weimar Republic. Döblin greatly influenced the history of the German novel: his best-known work, the best-selling 1929 novel Berlin Alexanderplatz, has frequently been compared in its use of internal monologue and literary montage to James Joyce's Ulysses and John Dos Passos's Manhattan Transfer . Döblin's oeuvre is by no means limited to novels, but in this genre, he offered a surprising variety of narrative techniques, themes, structures, and outlooks. Döblin's impact on German writers after the Second World War was considerable: Günter Grass, for example, acknowledged him as "my teacher." And yet, while Alexanderplatz continues to fascinate the reading public, it has overshadowed therest of Döblin's immense oeuvre. This volume of carefully focused essays seeks to do justice to such important texts as Döblin's early stories, his numerous other novels, his political, philosophical, medical, autobiographical, and religious essays, his experimental plays, and his writings on the new media of cinema and radio.
Contributors:Heidi Thomann Tewarson, David Dollenmayer, Neil H. Donahue, Roland Dollinger, Veronika Fuechtner, GabrieleSander, Erich Kleinschmidt, Wulf Koepke, Helmut F. Pfanner, Helmuth Kiesel, Klaus Müller-Salget, Christoph Bartscherer, Wolfgang Düsing.
Roland Dollinger is associate professor of German at Sarah Lawrence College; WulfKoepke is professor emeritus of German at Texas A&M University; Heidi Thomann Tewarson is professor of German at Oberlin College.
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Contributor: Roberta L Krueger
Dr Alex Davis is Lecturer in English at the University of St Andrews.
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Contributor: Neil H. Donahue
Neil Donahue is Associate Professor of German and Comparative Literature, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY.
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Foreword
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Abbreviations and Translations of Titles
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Works by Alfred Döblin
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Introduction
1 - Early Works
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Döblin’s Early Collection of Stories, Die Ermordung einer Butterblume: Toward a Modernist Aesthetic
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The Advent of Döblinism: Die drei Sprünge des Wang-lun and Wadzeks Kampf mit der Dampfturbine
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The Fall of Wallenstein, or the Collapse of Narration? The Paradox of Epic Intensity in Döblin’s Wallenstein
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Technology and Nature: From Döblin’s Berge Meere und Giganten to a Philosophy of Nature
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“Arzt und Dichter”: Döblin’s Medical, Psychiatric, and Psychoanalytical Work
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Döblin’s Berlin: The Story of Franz Biberkopf
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Döblin’s Engagement with the New Media: Film, Radio and Photography
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Döblin’s Political Writings during the Weimar Republic
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Döblin, the Critic of Western Civilization: The Amazon Trilogy
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Döblin’s November 1918
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Döblin and Judaism
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Robinson the Castaway: Döblin’s Christian Faith as Reflected in His Autobiography Schicksalsreise and His Religious Dialogues Der unsterbliche Mensch and Der Kampf mit dem Engel
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The Tragedy of Truth: Döblin’s Novel Hamlet oder Die lange Nacht nimmt ein Ende
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Bibliography
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Notes on the Contributors
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Index
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Keywords for this book
Alfred Döblin; German-Jewish Writer; Weimar Republic; Berlin Alexanderplatz; Modernist Novelist; Internal Monologue; Literary Montage; 20th Century Literature; Urban Life; Social Commentary
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For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
