| Description |
1 online resource (296 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Amsterdamer Beiträge zur neueren Germanistik,
0304-6257 ;
79
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Amsterdamer Beiträge zur neueren Germanistik ; 79.
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| Note |
Based on the conference "Violence in German literature, culture, and intellectual history, 1789-1938," at University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), Oct. 14-16, 2005. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Illuminates the treatment of violence in the German cultural tradition between the French Revolution and the Holocaust and Second World War. |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Introduction. Violence, Culture, Aesthetics: Germany 1789-1938; I. The Other Side of Modernity: War and the French Revolution; II. Imagining the Primitive; the Return of the Repressed; III. Violence in the Age of Globalization; German Culture and Its Others; IV. Modernism, Modernization, and Representation; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
In English and German. |
| Subject |
Politics and society.
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Politics and society. |
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Politics and society. |
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Violence in literature.
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Violence in literature. |
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Social conflict in literature.
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Social conflict in literature. |
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Political violence in literature.
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Political violence in literature. |
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Violence in popular culture.
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Violence in popular culture. |
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Violence in motion pictures.
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Violence in motion pictures. |
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German literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
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German literature. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
German literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
German literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Literature and society -- Germany -- History.
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Literature and society. |
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Germany. |
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History. |
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Germany -- In literature.
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Germany -- Intellectual life.
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Intellectual life. |
| Chronological Term |
1700-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Engelstein, Stefani, 1970-
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Niekerk, Carl.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Contemplating violence. Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2011 9042032944 (OCoLC)709666385 |
| ISBN |
9789042032958 (electronic book) |
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9042032952 (electronic book) |
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9042032944 |
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9789042032941 |
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