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The Temptation of Despair: Tales of the 1940s
Werner Sollors
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Description for The Temptation of Despair: Tales of the 1940s
Hardback. In Germany the end of World War II calls forth images of obliterated cities, hungry refugees, and ghostly monuments to Nazi crimes. Drawing on diaries, photographs, essays, reports, fiction and film, Werner Sollors makes visceral the sorrow and anger, guilt and pride, despondency and resilience of a defeated people--and the paradoxes of occupation. Num Pages: 390 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JJ; AJC; APFA; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 752.
In Germany, the years immediately following World War II call forward images of obliterated cities, hungry refugees, and ghostly monuments to Nazi crimes. The temptation of despair was hard to resist, and to contemporary observers the road toward democracy in the Western zones of occupation seemed rather uncertain. Drawing on a vast array of American, German, and other sources--diaries, photographs, newspaper articles, government reports, essays, works of fiction, and film--Werner Sollors makes visceral the experiences of defeat and liberation, homelessness and repatriation, concentration camps and denazification. These tales reveal writers, visual artists, and filmmakers as well as ... Read more
In Germany, the years immediately following World War II call forward images of obliterated cities, hungry refugees, and ghostly monuments to Nazi crimes. The temptation of despair was hard to resist, and to contemporary observers the road toward democracy in the Western zones of occupation seemed rather uncertain. Drawing on a vast array of American, German, and other sources--diaries, photographs, newspaper articles, government reports, essays, works of fiction, and film--Werner Sollors makes visceral the experiences of defeat and liberation, homelessness and repatriation, concentration camps and denazification. These tales reveal writers, visual artists, and filmmakers as well as ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
752g
Number of Pages
390
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780674052437
SKU
V9780674052437
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About Werner Sollors
Werner Sollors is Henry B. and Anne M. Cabot Professor of English Literature and Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University.
Reviews for The Temptation of Despair: Tales of the 1940s
[A] marvelous new work on World War II-era Germany... This book [is] one of those rarities in academia: a volume that is the product of excellent scholarship, as well as deep introspection.
Shyam K. Sriram PopMatters (08/28/2014) Anyone who reads this book will gain an important understanding of the few crucial years between Germany's defeat and its emergence as a ... Read more
Shyam K. Sriram PopMatters (08/28/2014) Anyone who reads this book will gain an important understanding of the few crucial years between Germany's defeat and its emergence as a ... Read more