Expressionism as an International Literary Phenomenon
Twenty-one essays and a bibliography
Editor
Ulrich Weisstein’s collection of 21 essays offers a comparative study of Expressionism as a Modernist movement whose dynamic core lay in Germany and Austria-Hungary, but which transformed artistic practices in other European countries. The focus, Weisstein argues, “must be strictly and sharply aimed at a specific body of works and opinions—a relatively dense core surrounded by a less clearly defined fringe zone—indigenous to the German speaking countries.” The volume spans an “Expressionist” period extending from roughly 1910 to 1925. Weisstein himself contributes two introductory chapters on problems of definition and a thoughtful analysis of English Vorticism. An ample context is set by comparative essays concerned with international movements such as Futurism that had an impact on German Expressionist drama, prose, and poetry, together with essays on the adaptation of Expressionist forms in countries such as Poland, Russia, Hungary, South Slavic nations and the United States. These essays call attention to representative authors and artists, as well as to periodicals and artistic circles. Reviewers have praised not only the presentation of “literary links and interaction” among national cultures, but especially the “most rewarding” interdisciplinary essays on Dada and on Expressionist painting, music, and film.
[Comparative History of Literatures in European Languages, I] 1973. 360 pp.
Publishing status: Available | Original publisher:Librairie Marcel Didier and Akadémiai Kiadó
© John Benjamins B.V. / Association Internationale de Littérature Comparée
Table of Contents
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PrefaceUlrich Weisstein | pp. 7–13
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Expressionism as an internationaln literary phenomenon: IntroductionUlrich Weisstein | pp. 15–28
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Expressionism: "Style of "Weltanschauung?"Ulrich Weisstein | pp. 29–44
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Outline of the philosophic backgrounds of expressonismGyörgy M. Vajda | pp. 45–58
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Foreign influences on German expressionist dramaH.F. Garten | pp. 59–68
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Foreign influences on German expressionist poetry*Reinold Grimm | pp. 69–78
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Foreign influences on German expressionist Prose*Armin Arnold | pp. 79–96
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Dadiasm and expresionismRichard Brinkmann | pp. 97–110
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Expressionist literature and paintingPaul Hadermann | pp. 111–139
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Expressionist literature and musicHenry A. Lea | pp. 141–160
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A contributions to the definition of the expressionist filmLotte H. Eisner | pp. 161–166
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Vorticism: Expressionism English style*Ulrich Weisstein | pp. 167–180
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Expressionism in English drama and prose literatureBreon Mitchell | pp. 181–192
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Expressionism in the American theatre* | pp. 193–203
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Expressionist stage techniques in the Russian theaterEugene Bristow | pp. 205–219
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Expressionism in ScandinaviaRichard Vowles | pp. 211–224
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Expressionism in Belgium and HollandPaul Hadermann | pp. 225–258
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Expressionism and the south slavsZoran Konstantinovic | pp. 259–268
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Rumanian Expressionism*Al. Dima | pp. 269–286
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Expressionism in HungaryMiklós Szabolcsi | pp. 287–297
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Russian esxpressionism*Jan Jozef Lipski | pp. 299–314
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Expressionism as an international phenomenonUlrich Weisstein | pp. 329–349
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Index | pp. 351–360
Cited by (8)
Cited by eight other publications
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Berghaus, Günter
Matičević, Ivica
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Subjects
Literature & Literary Studies
Main BIC Subject
DSB: Literary studies: general
Main BISAC Subject
LIT000000: LITERARY CRITICISM / General