Weimar on the Pacific

Zusatztext "This important book--of meticulous and impressive research! refined analysis! and lucid organization and writing--is demanding! a challenge to the author's peers and yet rewarding also for the generally educated reader." Informationen zum Autor Ehrhard Bahr is distinguished professor emeritus of German at UCLA. Klappentext "Ehrhard Bahr's sophisticated introduction to the Los Angeles of the émigrés from Nazi Germany is a quintessential 'Hollywood' book: brilliant in casting! sunny in disposition! with hidden film noir touches. Bahr's reading of the central books of this world! by Bert Brecht! Thomas Mann! Alfred Döblin! his insights into Fritz Lang's films and Arnold Schoenberg's operas! make this a major contribution to American! German and world culture."-Sander L. Gilman! author of Bertolt Brecht's Berlin "At long last! émigré Los Angeles has been interpreted from the inside by an accomplished scholar of modern German culture. Weimar on the Pacific is a study of relevance to California! the nation! and contemporary Europe."-Kevin Starr! Professor of History! University of Southern California Zusammenfassung Featuring such examples as film noir and Thomas Mann's "Doctor Faustus", this book shows how a community of exiles reconstituted modernism in the face of the traumatic political and historical changes they were living through. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Preface Introduction 1. The Dialectic of Modernism 2. Art and Its Resistance to Society: Theodor W. Adornno's Aethetic Theory 3. Bertolt Brecht's California Poetry: Mimesis or Modernism? 4. The Dialectic of Modern Science: Brecht's Galileo 5. Epic Theater versus Film Noir: Bertolt Bretcht and Fritz Lang's Anti-Nazi Film Hangmen Also Die 6. California Modern as Immigrant Modernism: Architects Richard Neutra and Rudolph M. Schnidler 7. Between Modernism and Antimodernism: Franz Werfel 8. Renegade Modernism: Alfred Döblin's Novel Karl and Rosa 9. The Political Battleground of Exile Modernism: The Council for a Democratic Germany 10. Evil Germany versus Good Germany: Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustuc 11. A "True Modernist.": Arnold Schoenberg Conclusion: The Weimar Legacy of Los Angeles Chronology Appendices Bibliography Index ...

This important book--of meticulous and impressive research, refined analysis, and lucid organization and writing--is demanding, a challenge to the author's peers and yet rewarding also for the generally educated reader.

Autorentext
Ehrhard Bahr is distinguished professor emeritus of German at UCLA.

Klappentext
"Ehrhard Bahr's sophisticated introduction to the Los Angeles of the émigrés from Nazi Germany is a quintessential 'Hollywood' book: brilliant in casting, sunny in disposition, with hidden film noir touches. Bahr's reading of the central books of this world, by Bert Brecht, Thomas Mann, Alfred Döblin, his insights into Fritz Lang's films and Arnold Schoenberg's operas, make this a major contribution to American, German and world culture."Sander L. Gilman, author of Bertolt Brecht's Berlin

At long last, émigré Los Angeles has been interpreted from the inside by an accomplished scholar of modern German culture. Weimar on the Pacific is a study of relevance to California, the nation, and contemporary Europe.Kevin Starr, Professor of History, University of Southern California

Zusammenfassung
Featuring such examples as film noir and Thomas Mann's "Doctor Faustus", this book shows how a community of exiles reconstituted modernism in the face of the traumatic political and historical changes they were living through.

Inhalt
List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction

1. The Dialectic of Modernism
2. Art and Its Resistance to Society: Theodor W. Adornno's Aethetic Theory
3. Bertolt Brecht's California Poetry: Mimesis or Modernism?
4. The Dialectic of Modern Science: Brecht's Galileo
5. Epic Theater versus Film Noir: Bertolt Bretcht and Fritz Lang's Anti-Nazi Film Hangmen Also Die
6. California Modern as Immigrant Modernism: Architects Richard Neutra and Rudolph M. Schnidler
7. Between Modernism and Antimodernism: Franz Werfel
8. Renegade Modernism: Alfred Döblin's Novel Karl and Rosa
9. The Political Battleground of Exile Modernism: The Council for a Democratic Germany
10. Evil Germany versus Good Germany: Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustuc
11. A "True Modernist.": Arnold Schoenberg

Conclusion: The Weimar Legacy of Los Angeles
Chronology
Appendices
Bibliography
Index

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