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The pen confronts the sword : exiled German scholars challenge Nazism /

During 1942, the decisive battles of Stalingrad and El Alamein raged and the Nazi genocide was at its lethal peak. The Pen Confronts the Sword examines the shared motives behind four remarkable texts German exiles began writing that year, Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus (1947), Ernst Cassirer'...

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Main Author:	Zakai, Avihu (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Albany : State University of New York Press, [2018]
Subjects:	Exiles' writings, German > History and criticism. German literature > 20th century > History and criticism. Authors, German > 20th century > Political and social views. Philosophy, German > 20th century.

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