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001 2013026716
003 DLC
005 20150827101036.0
008 130718s2013 nju b 001 0deng
010 $a 2013026716
020 $a9781611476354 (cloth)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $ae-gx---
050 00 $aPT2642.O65$bZ654 2013
082 00 $a832/.912$223
100 1 $aEllis, Robert,$d1946-
245 10 $aErnst Toller and German society :$bintellectuals as leaders and critics, 1914-1939 /$cRobert Ellis.
246 30 $aIntellectuals as leaders and critics, 1914-1939
263 $a1310
264 1 $aMadison, [New Jersey] :$bFairleigh Dickinson University Press ;$aLanham, Maryland :$bcopublished with Rowman & Littlefield,$c[2013]
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- The intellectual as critic -- "Wandering " : the prewar years, 1889-1914 -- The attractions of ideology: expressionism and activism -- Revolution of love: Bavaria, 1918-1919 -- "A gentle apostle ": the Weimar years -- The critic as exile -- Conclusion: what the shadow said.
520 $a"Between 1918 and 1939 Ernst Toller was one of Germany's prominent left-wing intellectuals, He was a leader of the German Revolution of 1918-1919, famous playwright of the 1920s and best known spokesman against Hitler during the 1930s, writing about a country unsuccessfully balancing between survival and annihilation. This study, the first comprehensive analysis in two decades, shows the influence that intellectuals can have in a troubled society and asks what qualities make leaders effective"--$cProvided by publisher.
600 10 $aToller, Ernst,$d1893-1939$xPolitical and social views.
651 0 $aIntellectuals$zGermany$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aPolitics and literature$zGermany$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aDramatists, German$y20th century$vBiography.
650 0 $aAuthors, German$y20th century$vBiography.
651 0 $aGermany$xPolitics and government$y1918-1933.