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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Herzog, Marianne Jane

Titel

Continuity in the works of Guenter Eich from 1927 to 1948

Ort / Verlag

ProQuest Dissertations Publishing

Erscheinungsjahr

1994

Link zum Volltext

• ProQuest

Quelle

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A&I

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Chapter one details the development of Eich's post World War II image as a socially conscious writer deeply effected by his Third Reich era experiences. Chapter two outlines the controversy created by critics when they challenged this image by uncovering Eich's involvement with the National Socialist Broadcast system. Chapter three examines Eich's earliest work from 1927 to 1933 wherein the "Naturmystik" themes, imagery and vocabulary first appear. Chapter four examines the radio play Schritte zu Andreas and the short story "Die Schattenschlacht". Similarities between these two works and "Blut-und-Boden" literature are explored. Chapter five outlines the National Socialist takeover of the German broadcast system and how Eich came to work for this system. Chapter six examines an episode of the radio series Deutscher Kalender: Monatsbilder des Konigswusterhauser Landboten, written by Eich and Martin Raschke for the Nation al Socialist broadcast system and according to their standards for literature. Chapter seven examines Eich's radio play Rebellion in der Goldstadt and the controversy surrounding the part it played in Goebbel's anti-English propaganda campaign. Chapter eight examines the radio play Radium and if it is a metaphor for Eich's situation as a writer in the Hitler regime, or the first sign of his changing attitude toward the poet's role in society. Chapter nine examines the poetry which Eich wrote during the Third Reich, repudiating the "poetic crisis" theory that he wrote no poetry during that time. An examination of selected poems shows a continuity in theme, imagery and vocabulary. Chapter ten outlines the various interpretations of Eich's first post World War II poetry collection Abgelegene Gehofte and examines selected poems in order to prove the continuity in themes, imagery and vocabulary. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)