Beschreibung:
Aaron D. Horton is an associate professor of history at Alabama State University in Montgomery.
This work traces the lives and careers of German authors Alfred Andersch and Hans Werner Richter, founders of the influential West German literary circle Group 47. Numerous aspects of their experiences, including captivity as POWs in the United States during World War II, participation in the American reeducation program, and subsequent struggles in occupied Germany, are discussed at length in the context of broader German experiences of Nazism, World War II, and their aftermath.
Contents INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1: GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN THE UNITED STATES DURING WORLD WAR II: AN OVERVIEW CHAPTER 2: ALFRED ANDERSCH AND HANS WERNER RICHTER CHAPTER 3: DER RUF: THE CALL GOES OUT CHAPTER 4: OCCUPATION, OPTIMISM, AND OPPOSITION: ANDERSCH, RICHTER, AND THE SECOND VERSION OF DER RUF CHAPTER 5: GROUP 47 AND BEYOND: AN EXTENDED EPILOGUE CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY ABOUT THE AUTHOR