Index

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations viii
4. Acknowledgments x
5. Introduction 1
6. 1: Decadence and Danger: The Anglo- American View of Weimar Berlin 32
7. 2: Seduced by Poetry: Julia Franck’s Die Mittagsfrau (2007) Revives Else Lasker-Schüler 70
8. 3: Making Mischief, Making Movies: Christian Kracht’s Die Toten (2016) Revives Lotte Eisner and Siegfried Kracauer 95
9. 4: Metropolitan Temptations: Volker Kutscher’s Der nasse Fisch (2007) Revives Joe May’s Asphalt (1929) 127
10. 5: Lotte at the Movies: The Makers of Babylon Berlin (2017) Revive Menschen am Sonntag (1930) 158
11. Conclusion: Weimar Berlin, Back with a Vengeance 187
12. Bibliography 193
13. Index 212