Includes bibliographical references (pages 418-440) and index.
Foreword / Nicholas Boyle -- 1. The theme -- 2. Reality -- 3. Relativity. Oswald Spengler: The Decline of the West. Thomas Mann: The Magic Mountain. Robert Musil: The Man Without Qualities -- 4. The Great War. Ernst Junger's The Storm of Steel. Hans Carossa: Roumanian Diary. Stefan George: 'Der Krieg'. Georg Trakl: 'Grodek' -- 5. The purchase of poetry. Rainier Maria Rilke: transitions. Gottfried Benn: toxic spheres. Bertolt Brecht: the social engagement -- 6. Rendering account. Hermann Hesse's The Glass Bead Game: a game of utopia. History and allegory: Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus -- 7. A deliverance of sorts. Living in the metaphor of fiction: Thomas Mann's Felix Krull. Franz Kafka: Josephine the Singer; or The Mouse People -- 8. Postscript: the divided self.
0
German literature-- 20th century-- History and criticism.
Sacrifice in literature.
Duits.
Erlösung
German literature-- 20th century-- History and criticism.
German literature.
Literaire thema's.
Literatur
Littérature allemande-- 20e siècle-- Histoire et critique.