A Companion to the Works of Alfred Döblin

A volume of carefully focused essays illuminating the works of one of the leading 20th-century German writers.

Introduction by Roland Dollinger, Wulf Koepke, and - Heidi Thomann TewarsonDöblin's Early Collection of Stories, Die Ermordung einer Butterblume: Toward a Modernist Aesthetic - Heidi Thomann TewarsonThe Advent of Döblinism: Die drei Sprünge des Wang-lun and Wadzeks Kampf mit der Dampfturbine - David DollenmayerThe Fall of Wallenstein or the Collapse of Narration? The Paradox of Epic Intensity in Döblin's Wallenstein (1920)Wallenstein (1920) - Neil H. DonahueTechnology and Nature: From Döblin's Berge Meere und Giganten to a Philosophy of Nature - Roland Dollinger"Arzt und Dichter:" Döblin's Medical, Psychiatric, and Psychoanalytical Work - Veronika FuechtnerDöblin's Berlin: The Story of Franz Biberkopf - Gabriele SanderDöblin's Engagement with the New Media: Film, Radio, and Photography - Erich KleinschmidtDöblin's Political Writings during the Weimar Republic - Wulf KoepkeDöblin, the Critic of Western Civilization: The Amazon Trilogy - Helmut F. PfannerDöblin's November 1918 - Helmuth KieselDöblin and Judaism - Klaus Mueller-SalgetRobinson the Castaway: Döblin's Christian Faith as Reflected in His Autobiography Schicksalsreise and His Religious Dialogues Der unsterbliche Mensch and ...Dialogues Der unsterbliche Mensch and ... - Christoph BartschererThe Tragedy of Truth: Döblin's Hamlet oder Die lange Nacht nimmt ein Ende - Wolfgang Duesing