Table of Contents

Introduction - Neil H. Donahue
Metaphysical Mimesis: Nietzsche's Geburt der Tragödie and the Aesthetics of Literary Expressionism - Richard T. Gray
The Prose of German Expressionism - Walter H. Sokel
Prosaic Intensities: The Short Prose of German Expressionism - Rhys W. Williams
The Cutting Edge of German Expressionism: The Woodcut Novel of Frans Masereel and Its Influences - Perry Willett
Menschheitsdämmerung: The Aging of the Canon - Francis Michael Sharp
Choric Consciousness in Expressionist Poetry: Ernst Stadler, Else Lasker-Schüler, Georg Heym, Georg Trakl, Gottfried Benn - James Rolleston
Performing the Poem: Rituals of Activism in Expressionist Poetry - Klaus Weissenberger
Proclamation and Provocation: Expressionist Theater between German Idealism and Modernity - Ernst Schuerer
Intimate Strangers: Women in German Expressionism - Barbara D. Wright
Expressionism and Cinema: Reflections on a Phantasmagoria of Film History - Sabine Hake

About the Author

Neil Donahue is Associate Professor of German and Comparative Literature, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY. Neil Donahue is Associate Professor of German and Comparative Literature, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY.

Reviews

[A] reliable resource for nonspecialists, accurately reflecting historical and contemporary scholarship.
*CHOICE*

Both useful and thought-provoking, this book admirably fulfils the two functions expected from a companion-type volume: to introduce the reader to the range and development of the literature itself and to point to authors, works, and critical perspectives heretofore overlooked.
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