1st Edition

The Twentieth Century 1890-1945

By Raymond Furness Copyright 1978
304 Pages
by Routledge

304 Pages
by Routledge

304 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1978, this study presents a detailed analysis of the major literary movements in Austria and Germany from the end of the nineteenth century to the collapse of the Third Reich. It examines the plethora of literary genres which marked the transition from the nineteenth to the twentieth century: the short-lived Naturalist movement rapidly giving way to various forms of... Read more

1. An Introduction: Naturalism and Its Decline 2. Jung-Wien 3. Aestheticism, Decadence and Neo-Romanticism in Germany 4. The Cosmic Dimension 5. Modernism and ‘Sprachkrise’ 6. The Problem of Expressionism 7. The 1920s and 1930s 8. Barbarism, Exile and Return

Biography

Raymond Furness was at the Universities of Manchester and St. Andrews