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German expressionism and the Messianism of a generation /

This book reads messianic expectation as the defining characteristic of German culture in the first decades of the twentieth century. It has long been accepted that the Expressionist movement in Germany was infused with a thoroughly messianic strain. Here, with unprecedented detail and focus, that s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Anderson, Lisa Marie
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2011.
Colección:Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft ; 150.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Expressionism as a "Literature of Redemption"
  • Jewish Messianism and the Philosophy of the Expressionist Era
  • The Hebrew Scriptures and Jewish Messianism in Expressionist Literature
  • The 'Judeo-Christian' Dialectic in the Expressionist Era
  • Birth and Rebirth in Christianity and Expressionism
  • The Mission and Passion of Expressionist Messianism
  • The Culmination of Expressionist Messianism: Apocalypse
  • Conclusion
  • Expressionism as Literature of the Unredeemed.