A Companion to the Literature of German Expressionism

Neil Donahue is Associate Professor of German and Comparative Literature, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY.

New essays examining the complex period of rich artistic ferment that was German literary Expressionism.

Introduction - Neil H. DonahueMetaphysical Mimesis: Nietzsche's Geburt der Tragödie and the Aesthetics of Literary Expressionism - Richard T. GrayThe Prose of German Expressionism - Walter H. SokelProsaic Intensities: The Short Prose of German Expressionism - Rhys W. WilliamsThe Cutting Edge of German Expressionism: The Woodcut Novel of Frans Masereel and Its Influences - Perry WillettMenschheitsdämmerung: The Aging of the Canon - Francis Michael SharpChoric Consciousness in Expressionist Poetry: Ernst Stadler, Else Lasker-Schüler, Georg Heym, Georg Trakl, Gottfried Benn - James RollestonPerforming the Poem: Rituals of Activism in Expressionist Poetry - Klaus WeissenbergerProclamation and Provocation: Expressionist Theater between German Idealism and Modernity - Ernst SchuererIntimate Strangers: Women in German Expressionism - Barbara D. WrightExpressionism and Cinema: Reflections on a Phantasmagoria of Film History - Sabine Hake