Hermynia Zur Mühlen : the guises of socialist fiction /

Zur Muhlen saw literature primarily as a political tool and used popular forms of literature to convey her ideas to a wide audience. This book examines her prose fiction against the backdrop of her life and the turbulent times she lived in - the Weimar Republic and exile from the Third Reich.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wallace, Ailsa, 1977-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2009.
Series:Oxford modern languages and literature monographs.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 'Die Pflicht eines Schriftstellers, es ihnen zu sagen!'
  • Happily ever after ...? Was Peterchens Freunde erzählen (1921); Märchenbücher (1922-1924); Orientalische Märchen (1925-1927); Conclusion
  • Murder in the Weimar Republic. 'Der etwas destruktive, aber furchtbar aufregende Lawrence H. Desberry'; From English Manors to Mean Streets: Der blaue Strahl; (1922) and An den Ufern des Hudsons (1925); Creating a Socialist Series: EJUS (1925); Anti-Fascist Krimis: Die weiße Pest (1926) and Abenteuer in florenz (1926); Lawernce H. Desberry gestorben? Im Schatten des elektrischen Stuhls (1929); Conclusion
  • Socialist literature for girls. 'Trotzdem ich keineswegs eine Feministin bin ... '; Lina (1924); Das Riesenrad (1932) and Reise durch ein Leben (1933); Conclusion
  • Ende und Anfang (1929). From Kaiserliche Palast-Dame to KPD; A writer's story; A woman's story; A traveller's tale; Conclusion
  • Early exile novels. Unsere Töchter, die nazinen (1934); Nora hat eine famose Idee (1932/1933); Ein Jahr im Schatten (1935); Conclusion
  • Later exile novels. Ewiges Schattenspiel (1938); Als der Fremde kam (1946); Conclusion.