Ernst Toller / by Malcolm Pittock.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Twayne's world authors seriesPublication details: Boston, MA : Twayne Publishers, 1979.Description: 216 pages : black and white portrait ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0805763503
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 838/.9/1209
LOC classification:
  • PT 2642 .O65 Z8 1979
Online resources:
Contents:
1. The pattern of Toller's experience -- 2. Die wandlung (transformation) -- 3. Masse-mensch (masses and man) -- 4. Die maschinensturmer (the machine wreckers) -- 5. Hinkermann -- 6. Hoppla: wir leben! (hoppla! such is life!) -- 7. Other plays -- 8. Poetry -- 9. Toller's prose -- 10. Conclusion.
Summary: "After many years of neglect, there has been a revival of interest in the work for Ernst Toller. This study is an attempt to bring his work to the notice of a wider public...Toller's life and work cannot be separated; for what is remarkable about him is the extent to which he lived, often with unbearable immediacy, some of the more representative experiences of our time, and in doing so obtained an unusual awareness of some of its central tensions...At its best, Toller's work is an embodiment and exploration of those tensions; whatever its imperfections it still offers and undoubted sense of a living voice with the right to speak urgently to us about our common condition. Pondering Toller's life and work we return to ourselves and our own situation. In this book I intend to examine Toller's plays in detail in relation to their characteristic themes and to the persistent criticism of his work." - From the preface.
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BOOKS BOOKS Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library General Stacks PT 2642 .O65 Z8 1979 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan NPML21060018

This resource includes a black and white portrait of Ernst Toller.

This resource contains essays analyzing each of Toller's plays, with their titles included both in German and English.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-212) and index.

1. The pattern of Toller's experience -- 2. Die wandlung (transformation) -- 3. Masse-mensch (masses and man) -- 4. Die maschinensturmer (the machine wreckers) -- 5. Hinkermann -- 6. Hoppla: wir leben! (hoppla! such is life!) -- 7. Other plays -- 8. Poetry -- 9. Toller's prose -- 10. Conclusion.

"After many years of neglect, there has been a revival of interest in the work for Ernst Toller. This study is an attempt to bring his work to the notice of a wider public...Toller's life and work cannot be separated; for what is remarkable about him is the extent to which he lived, often with unbearable immediacy, some of the more representative experiences of our time, and in doing so obtained an unusual awareness of some of its central tensions...At its best, Toller's work is an embodiment and exploration of those tensions; whatever its imperfections it still offers and undoubted sense of a living voice with the right to speak urgently to us about our common condition. Pondering Toller's life and work we return to ourselves and our own situation. In this book I intend to examine Toller's plays in detail in relation to their characteristic themes and to the persistent criticism of his work." - From the preface.

This resource contains the titles of Toller's plays in both German and English.

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