Doblin's texts, which range widely across contemporary discourses, are paradigms of the encounter between literary and scientific modernity. With their use of ‛Tatsachenphantasie', they explode conventional language, seeking a new connection with the world of objects and things. This volume reassesses and reevaluates the uniquely interdisciplinary quality of Doblin's interdiscursive, factually-inspired poetics by offering challenging new perspectives on key works. The volume analyses not only some of Doblin's best-known novels and stories, but also neglected works including his early...
Doblin's texts, which range widely across contemporary discourses, are paradigms of the encounter between literary and scientific modernity. With t...