What is Germany, the powerful new center of a newly reorganized Europe? Or rather, can there be a 'new Germany'? And if so, what would it be? After the crimes of the Nazis, the Cold War and the subsequent division of Germany, the unification of Germany and of Europe, these questions are difficult, and vital. This volume of new work is not a collection by like-minded 'usual suspects'. Instead, the editors have brought together radically different viewpoints and concerns. Richard van Weizsä cker, former President of the Federal Republic of Germany, reflects on Goethe's legacy and the...
What is Germany, the powerful new center of a newly reorganized Europe? Or rather, can there be a 'new Germany'? And if so, what would it be? After...
Herzog's book uses a wonderful array of texts, from films to crime fiction, and his arguments are provocative. While English, French, and US crime novelists placed detectives at the center of their tales, he reveals, their Weimar counterparts focused on the criminal. - The Journal of Modern History
Herzog's arguments are insightful and persuasive. This seminal book is a valuable contribution to the interdisciplinary field of German Studies and should be incortporated in courses on the Weimar Republic. - Focus on German Studies
Convincingly argued, the book combines socio-historical,...
Herzog's book uses a wonderful array of texts, from films to crime fiction, and his arguments are provocative. While English, French, and US crime ...
Although George Bernard Shaw quipped that "the Germans lack talent for two things: revolution and crime novels," there is a long tradition of German crime fiction; it simply hasn't aligned itself with international trends. During the 1920s, German-language writers dispensed with the detective and focused instead on criminals, a trend that did not take hold in other countries until after 1945, by which time Germany had gone on to produce antidetective novels that were similarly ahead of their time. German crime fiction has thus always been a curious case; rather than follow the established...
Although George Bernard Shaw quipped that "the Germans lack talent for two things: revolution and crime novels," there is a long tradition of German c...
