INTRODUCTION: “Coming to Terms” with the German Past

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. CONTRIBUTORS ix
5. INTRODUCTION: “Coming to Terms” with the German Past 1
6. The Past of the Term
7. Chapter 1. INNER EMIGRATION 11
8. Foundational Essays
9. Chapter 2. IN THE THICKET OF INNER EMIGRATION 27
10. Chapter 3. THE YOUNG GENERATION’S NON-NATIONAL SOCIALIST LITERATURE DURING THE THIRD REICH 46
11. New Perspectives: Synoptic Studies
12. Chapter 4. CULTURE AS SIMULATION 82
13. Chapter 5. TARGETING THE READER, ENTERING HISTORY 113
14. Chapter 6. ABSENCES OF TIME AND HISTORY 131
15. Chapter 7. DEPICTIONS OF THE STATE IN WORKS OF THE INNER EMIGRATION 152
16. Chapter 8. THE LIMITS ON LITERARY LIFE IN THE THIRD REICH 168
17. New Perspectives: Case Studies
18. Chapter 9. OPPOSITION OR OPPORTUNISM? 176
19. Chapter 10. CONSERVATIVE OPPOSITION 188
20. Chapter 11. LUISE RINSER’S ESCAPE INTO INNER EMIGRATION 199
21. Chapter 12. SURVIVAL WITHOUT COMPROMISE? 211
22. Chapter 13. EXILE HONORIS CAUSA 223
23. Chapter 14. GÜNTHER WEISENBORN’S BALLAD OF HIS LIFE 235
24. Chapter 15. BETWEEN APOCALYPSE AND ARCADIA 248
25. Chapter 16. “I MOUNTED RESISTANCE, THOUGH I HID THE FACT” 258
26. Chapter 17. ELISABETH LANGGÄSSER AND THE QUESTION OF INNER EMIGRATION 269
27. The Turn Inward Outside of Literature
28. History
29. Chapter 18. THE UNSETTLING HISTORY OF GERMAN HISTORIANS IN THE THIRD REICH 277
30. Film
31. Chapter 19. STATE OF THE ART AS ART OF THE NAZI STATE 292
32. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 305
33. INDEX 309