"Ehrhard Bahr's sophisticated introduction to the Los Angeles of the emigres from Nazi Germany is a quintessential 'Hollywood' book: brilliant in casting, sunny in disposition, with hidden film noir touches. Bahr's reading of the central books of this world, by Bert Brecht, Thomas Mann, Alfred Doblin, his insights into Fritz Lang's films and Arnold Schoenberg's operas, make this a major contribution to American, German and world culture."--Sander L. Gilman, author of "Bertolt Brecht's Berlin" "At long last, emigre Los ...
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"Ehrhard Bahr's sophisticated introduction to the Los Angeles of the emigres from Nazi Germany is a quintessential 'Hollywood' book: brilliant in casting, sunny in disposition, with hidden film noir touches. Bahr's reading of the central books of this world, by Bert Brecht, Thomas Mann, Alfred Doblin, his insights into Fritz Lang's films and Arnold Schoenberg's operas, make this a major contribution to American, German and world culture."--Sander L. Gilman, author of "Bertolt Brecht's Berlin" "At long last, emigre Los Angeles has been interpreted from the inside by an accomplished scholar of modern German culture. "Weimar on the Pacific" is a study of relevance to California, the nation, and contemporary Europe."--Kevin Starr, Professor of History, University of Southern California
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New. Featuring such examples as film noir and Thomas Mann's "Doctor Faustus", this book shows how a community of exiles reconstituted modernism in the face of the traumatic political and historical changes they were living through. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 382 pages, 28 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: AB; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 576. 2008. 1st Edition. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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