Nazi characters in German propaganda and literature

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The work Nazi characters in German propaganda and literature represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Nazi characters in German propaganda and literature

Statement of responsibility

by Dagmar C.G. Lorenz

Creator

• Lorenz, Dagmar C. G., 1948-

Author

• Lorenz, Dagmar C. G., 1948-

Subject

• Austrian literature
• Austrian literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Deutschland
• German literature
• German literature
• German literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
• LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General
• Literatur
• National socialism in literature
• National socialism in literature
• National socialism in literature
• Nationalsozialist
• Nazi propaganda
• Nazi propaganda
• Nazi propaganda
• Propaganda
• Trope
• Österreich
• 1900-1999
• Austrian literature

Genre

• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Language

eng

Summary

Stereotypical characters that promoted the Nazi worldview were repurposed by antifascist authors in Weimar Germany, argues Dagmar C.G. Lorenz. This is the first book to trace Nazi characters through the German and Austrian literature. Until the defeat of the Third Reich, pro-Nazi literature was widely distributed. However, after the war, Nazi publications were suppressed or even banned, and new writers began to dominate the market alongside exile and resistance authors. The fact that Nazi figures remained consistent suggests that, rather than representing real people, they functioned as ideological signifiers. Recent literature and films set in the Nazi era show that "the Nazis", ambiguous characters with a sinister appeal, live on as an established trope in the cultural imagination

Member of

• Studia imagologica, 24

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

830.9/358

Index

index present

LC call number

PT405

LC item number

.L686 2018

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Studia imagologica

Series volume

volume 24