A Companion to the Works of Alfred Döblin (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture)

Alfred D?blin (1878-1957) was one of the great German-Jewish writers of the 20th century, a major figure in the German avant-garde before the First World War and a leading intellectual during the Weimar Republic. D?blin greatly influenced the history of the German novel: his best-known work, the best-selling 1929 novel Berlin Alexanderplatz, has frequently been compared in its use of internal monologue and literary montage to James Joyce's Ulysses and John Dos Passos's Manhattan Transfer . D?blin's oeuvre is by no means limited to novels, but in this genre, he offered a surprising variety of narrative techniques, themes, structures, and outlooks. D?blin's impact on German writers after the Second World War was considerable: G?nter Grass, for example, acknowledged him as "my teacher." And yet, while Alexanderplatz continues to fascinate the reading public, it has overshadowed the rest of D?blin's immense oeuvre. This volume of carefully focused essays seeks to do justice to such important texts as D?blin's early stories, his numerous other novels, his political, philosophical, medical, autobiographical, and religious essays, his experimental plays, and his writings on the new media of cinema and radio.Contributors: Heidi Thomann Tewarson, David Dollenmayer, Neil H. Donahue, Roland Dollinger, Veronika Fuechtner, Gabriele Sander, Erich Kleinschmidt, Wulf Koepke, Helmut F. Pfanner, Helmuth Kiesel, Klaus M?ller-Salget, Christoph Bartscherer, Wolfgang D?sing. Roland Dollinger is associate professor of German at Sarah Lawrence College; Wulf Koepke is professor emeritus of German at Texas A&M University; Heidi Thomann Tewarson is professor of German at Oberlin College. A volume of carefully focused essays illuminating the works of one of the leading 20th-century German writers.Alfred Döblin (1878-1957) was one of the great German-Jewish writers of the 20th century, a major figure in the German avant-garde before the First World War and a leading intellectual during the Weimar Republic. Döblin greatly influenced the history of the German novel: his best-known work, the best-selling 1929 novel Berlin Alexanderplatz, has frequently been compared in its use of internal monologue and literary montage to James Joyce's Ulysses and John Dos Passos's Manhattan Transfer. Döblin's oeuvre is by no means limited to novels, but in this genre, he offered a surprising variety of narrative techniques, themes, structures, and outlooks. Döblin's impact on German writers after the Second World War was considerable: Günter Grass, for example, acknowledged him as'my teacher.'And yet, while Alexanderplatz continues to fascinate the reading public, it has overshadowed therest of Döblin's immense oeuvre. This volume of carefully focused essays seeks to do justice to such important texts as Döblin's early stories, his numerous other novels, his political, philosophical, medical, autobiographical, and religious essays, his experimental plays, and his writings on the new media of cinema and radio. Contributors:Heidi Thomann Tewarson, David Dollenmayer, Neil H. Donahue, Roland Dollinger, Veronika Fuechtner, GabrieleSander, Erich Kleinschmidt, Wulf Koepke, Helmut F. Pfanner, Helmuth Kiesel, Klaus Müller-Salget, Christoph Bartscherer, Wolfgang Düsing. Roland Dollinger is associate professor of German at Sarah Lawrence College; WulfKoepke is professor emeritus of German at Texas A&M University; Heidi Thomann Tewarson is professor of German at Oberlin College. Alfred Döblin (1878-1957) was one of the great German-Jewish writers of the 20th century, a major figure in the German avant-garde before the First World War and a leading intellectual during the Weimar Republic. Döblin greatly influenced the history of the German novel: his best-known work, the best-selling 1929 novel Berlin Alexanderplatz, has frequently been compared in its use of internal monologue and literary montage to James Joyce's Ulysses and John Dos Passos's Manhattan Transfer . Döblin's oeuvre is by no means limited to novels, but in this genre, he offered a surprising variety of narrative techniques, themes, structures, and outlooks. Döblin's impact on German writers after the Second World War was considerable: Günter Grass, for example, acknowledged him as "my teacher." And yet, while Alexanderplatz continues to fascinate the reading public, it has overshadowed therest of Döblin's immense oeuvre. This volume of carefully focused essays seeks to do justice to such important texts as Döblin's early stories, his numerous other novels, his political, philosophical, medical, autobiographical, and religious essays, his experimental plays, and his writings on the new media of cinema and radio.

Contributors:Heidi Thomann Tewarson, David Dollenmayer, Neil H. Donahue, Roland Dollinger, Veronika Fuechtner, GabrieleSander, Erich Kleinschmidt, Wulf Koepke, Helmut F. Pfanner, Helmuth Kiesel, Klaus Müller-Salget, Christoph Bartscherer, Wolfgang Düsing.

Roland Dollinger is associate professor of German at Sarah Lawrence College; WulfKoepke is professor emeritus of German at Texas A&M University; Heidi Thomann Tewarson is professor of German at Oberlin College. Alfred Döblin (1878-1957) was one of the great German-Jewish writers of the 20th century, a major figure in the German avant-garde before the First World War and a leading intellectual during the Weimar Republic. Döblin greatly influenced the history of the German novel: his best-known work, the best-selling 1929 novel Berlin Alexanderplatz, has frequently been compared in its use of internal monologue and literary montage to James Joyce's Ulysses and John Dos Passos's Manhattan Transfer . Döblin's oeuvre is by no means limited to novels, but in this genre, he offered a surprising variety of narrative techniques, themes, structures, and outlooks. Döblin's impact on German writers after the Second World War was considerable: Günter Grass, for example, acknowledged him as "my teacher." And yet, while Alexanderplatz continues to fascinate the reading public, it has overshadowed the rest of Döblin's immense oeuvre. This volume of carefully focused essays seeks to do justice to such important texts as Döblin's early stories, his numerous other novels, his political, philosophical, medical, autobiographical, and religious essays, his experimental plays, and his writings on the new media of cinema and radio.Contributors: Heidi Thomann Tewarson, David Dollenmayer, Neil H. Donahue, Roland Dollinger, Veronika Fuechtner, Gabriele Sander, Erich Kleinschmidt, Wulf Koepke, Helmut F. Pfanner, Helmuth Kiesel, Klaus Müller-Salget, Christoph Bartscherer, Wolfgang Düsing.Roland Dollinger is associate professor of German at Sarah Lawrence College; Wulf Koepke is professor emeritus of German at Texas A&M University; Heidi Thomann Tewarson is professor of German at Oberlin College Alfred Döblin (1878-1957) was one of the great German-Jewish writers of the 20th century, a major figure in the German avant-garde before the First World War and a leading intellectual during the Weimar Republic. Döblin greatly influenced the history of the German novel: his best-known work, the best-selling 1929 novel Berlin Alexanderplatz, has frequently been compared in its use of internal monologue and literary montage to James Joyce's Ulysses and John Dos Passos's Manhattan Transfer . Döblin's oeuvre is by no means limited to novels, but in this genre, he offered a surprising variety of narrative techniques, themes, structures, and outlooks. Döblin's impact on German writers after the Second World War was considerable: Günter Grass, for example, acknowledged him as "my teacher." And yet, while Alexanderplatz continues to fascinate the reading public, it has overshadowed the rest of Döblin's immense oeuvre. This volume of carefully focused essays seeks to do justice to such important texts as Döblin's early stories, his numerous other novels, his political, philosophical, medical, autobiographical, and religious essays, his experimental plays, and his writings on the new media of cinema and radio. Contributors:Heidi Thomann Tewarson, David Dollenmayer, Neil H. Donahue, Roland Dollinger, Veronika Fuechtner, Gabriele Sander, Erich Kleinschmidt, Wulf Koepke, Helmut F. Pfanner, Helmuth Kiesel, Klaus Müller-Salget, Christoph Bartscherer, Wolfgang Düsing. Roland Dollinger is associate professor of German at Sarah Lawrence College; Wulf Koepke is professor emeritus of German at Texas A&M University; Heidi Thomann Tewarson is professor of German at Oberlin College Alfred Doblin (1878-1957) was one of the great German-Jewish writers of the 20th century, a major figure in the German avant-garde before the First World War and a leading intellectual during the Weimar Republic. Doblin greatly influenced the history of the German novel: his best-known work, the best-selling 1929 novel Berlin Alexanderplatz, has frequently been compared in its use of internal monologue and literary montage to James Joyce's Ulysses and John Dos Passos's Manhattan Transfer . Doblin's oeuvre is by no means limited to novels, but in this genre, he offered a surprising variety of narrative techniques, themes, structures, and outlooks. Doblin's impact on German writers after the Second World War was considerable: Gunter Grass, for example, acknowledged him as "my teacher." And yet, while Alexanderplatz continues to fascinate the reading public, it has overshadowed the rest of Doblin's immense oeuvre. This volume of carefully focused essays seeks to do justice to such important texts as Doblin's early stories, his numerous other novels, his political, philosophical, medical, autobiographical, and religious essays, his experimental plays, and his writings on the new media of cinema and radio. Contributors: Heidi Thomann Tewarson, David Dollenmayer, Neil H. Donahue, Roland Dollinger, Veronika Fuechtner, Gabriele Sander, Erich Kleinschmidt, Wulf Koepke, Helmut F. Pfanner, Helmuth Kiesel, Klaus Muller-Salget, Christoph Bartscherer, Wolfgang Dusing. Roland Dollinger is associate professor of German at Sarah Lawrence Col Wolfgang Dusing. Roland Dollinger is associate professor of German at Sarah Lawrence College; Wulf Koepke is professor emeritus of Ger Early Works. Döblin's Early Collection Of Stories, Die Ermordung Einer Butterblume: Toward A Modernist Aesthetic / Heidi Thomann Tewarson ; The Advent Of Döblinism : Die Drei Sprünge Des Wang-lun And Wadzeks Kampf Mit Der Dampfturbine / David Dollenmayer -- Works Of The Weimar Period. The Fall Of Wallenstein Or The Collapse Of Narration? The Paradox Of Epic Intensity In Döblin's Wallenstein / Neil H. Donahue ; Technology 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 Fuechtner ; Döblin's Berlin: The Story Of Franz Biberkopf / Gabriele Sander ; Döblin's Engagement With The New Media: Film, Radio, And Photography / Erich Kleinschmidt ; Döblin's Political Writings During The Weimar Republic / Wulf Koepke -- Exile And Return To Europe. Döblin, The Critic Of Western Civilization: The Amazon Trilogy / Helmut F. Pfanner ; Döblin's November 1918 / Helmuth Kiesel ; Döblin And Judaism / Klaus Müller-salget ; Robinson The Castaway: Döblin's Christian Faith As Reflected In His Autobiography Schicksalsreise And His Religious Dialogues Der Unsterbliche Mensch And Der Kampf Mit Dem Engel / Christoph Bartscherer ; The Tragedy Of Truth: Döblin's Hamlet Oder Die Lange Nacht Nimmt Ein Ende / Wolfgang Düsing. Edited By Roland Dollinger, Wulf Koepke, And Heidi Thomann Tewarson. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [291]-298) And Index. CONTENTS ......Page 6 FOREWORD ......Page 8 ABBREVIATIONS AND TRANSLATIONS OF TITLES ......Page 10 WORKS BY ALFRED DÖBLIN ......Page 14 INTRODUCTION ......Page 18 Döblin’s Early Collection of Stories, Die Ermordung einer Butterblume: Toward a Modernist Aesthetic......Page 40 The Advent of Döblinism: Die drei Sprünge des Wang-lun and Wadzeks Kampf mit der Dampfturbine......Page 72 The Fall of Wallenstein, or the Collapse of Narration? The Paradox of Epic Intensity in Döblin’s Wallenstein......Page 92 Technology and Nature: From Döblin’s Berge Meere und Giganten to a Philosophy of Nature......Page 110 “Arzt und Dichter”: Döblin’s Medical, Psychiatric, and Psychoanalytical Work ......Page 128 Döblin’s Berlin: The Story of Franz Biberkopf......Page 158 Döblin’s Engagement with the New Media: Film, Radio and Photography......Page 178 Döblin’s Political Writings during the Weimar Republic......Page 200 Döblin, the Critic of Western Civilization: The Amazon Trilogy......Page 210 Döblin’s November 1918......Page 232 Döblin and Judaism......Page 250 Robinson the Castaway: Döblin’s Christian Faith as Reflected in His Autobiography Schicksalsreise and His Religious Dialogues Der unsterbliche Mensch and Der Kampf mit dem Engel......Page 264 The Tragedy of Truth: Döblin’s Novel Hamlet oder Die lange Nacht nimmt ein Ende......Page 288 BIBLIOGRAPHY ......Page 308 NOTES ON THE CONTRIBUTORS ......Page 316 INDEX ......Page 318