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Weimar on the Pacific: German Exile Culture in Los Angeles and the Crisis of Modernism
Ehrhard Bahr
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Paperback. Featuring such examples as film noir and Thomas Mann's "Doctor Faustus", this book shows how a community of exiles reconstituted modernism in the face of the traumatic political and historical changes they were living through. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 382 pages, 28 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: AB; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 576.
In the 1930s and 40s, Los Angeles became an unlikely cultural sanctuary for a distinguished group of German artists and intellectuals - including Thomas Mann, Theodore W. Adorno, Bertolt Brecht, Fritz Lang, and Arnold Schoenberg - who had fled Nazi Germany. During their years in exile, they would produce a substantial body of major works to address the crisis of modernism that resulted from the rise of National Socialism. Weimar Germany and its culture, with its meld of eighteenth-century German classicism and twentieth-century modernism, served as a touchstone for this group of diverse talents and opinions."Weimar on the Pacific" is ... Read more
In the 1930s and 40s, Los Angeles became an unlikely cultural sanctuary for a distinguished group of German artists and intellectuals - including Thomas Mann, Theodore W. Adorno, Bertolt Brecht, Fritz Lang, and Arnold Schoenberg - who had fled Nazi Germany. During their years in exile, they would produce a substantial body of major works to address the crisis of modernism that resulted from the rise of National Socialism. Weimar Germany and its culture, with its meld of eighteenth-century German classicism and twentieth-century modernism, served as a touchstone for this group of diverse talents and opinions."Weimar on the Pacific" is ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
382
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism
Condition
New
Weight
576g
Number of Pages
382
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520257955
SKU
V9780520257955
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About Ehrhard Bahr
Ehrhard Bahr is distinguished professor emeritus of German at UCLA.
Reviews for Weimar on the Pacific: German Exile Culture in Los Angeles and the Crisis of Modernism
"This is a wonderful book." Modern Language Review