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Form in the Menschheitsdämmerung : A Study of Prosodic Elements and Style in German Expressionist Poetry.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: De Proprietatibus Litterarum. Series Practica SeriesPublisher: Berlin/Boston : De Gruyter, Inc., 1971Copyright date: ©1971Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (272 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783110891010
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Form in the MenschheitsdämmerungLOC classification:
  • PT1174.P53.N4 1971eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Acknowledgment -- Reference Abbreviations -- Numerical References to Poems in the Menschheitsdämmerung -- I. The Critical View of Form in Expressionist Poetry -- 1. Introduction -- 2. "Form" as a Motif in the Menschheitsdämmerung -- 3. Critical Views on Form in Expressionism -- 4. Current Views on Form in Expressionism -- 5. The Problems of Expressionist Form -- 6. Critical Utility of such a Survey -- 7. State of Form Study in Expressionist Research -- II. Who or What is Expressionism? -- 1. The Problem of 'Expressionism' -- 2. Attempts at Definition -- 3. The Menschheitsdämmerung as a Basis for Form Study -- 4. Conclusion -- III. The Use of Conventional Verse Elements in the Menschheitsdämmerung -- 1. Conventional Verse Elements -- 2. The Use of the Stanza in the Menschheitsdämmerung -- 3. The Use of Meter in the Menschheitsdämmerung -- 4. The Use of Rhyme, Assonance and Alliteration in the Menschheitsdämmerung -- IV. Interpretive Guidelines -- 1. The Use of Formal Elements in Expressionist Lyrics -- 2. Some Popular Verse Elements and Verse Forms -- 3. The Formal Principle of Unresolved Tension -- 4. Perspective: Post-Expressionist Formal Tendencies -- Bibliography -- Key to Poem Numbers and Index.
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Intro -- Acknowledgment -- Reference Abbreviations -- Numerical References to Poems in the Menschheitsdämmerung -- I. The Critical View of Form in Expressionist Poetry -- 1. Introduction -- 2. "Form" as a Motif in the Menschheitsdämmerung -- 3. Critical Views on Form in Expressionism -- 4. Current Views on Form in Expressionism -- 5. The Problems of Expressionist Form -- 6. Critical Utility of such a Survey -- 7. State of Form Study in Expressionist Research -- II. Who or What is Expressionism? -- 1. The Problem of 'Expressionism' -- 2. Attempts at Definition -- 3. The Menschheitsdämmerung as a Basis for Form Study -- 4. Conclusion -- III. The Use of Conventional Verse Elements in the Menschheitsdämmerung -- 1. Conventional Verse Elements -- 2. The Use of the Stanza in the Menschheitsdämmerung -- 3. The Use of Meter in the Menschheitsdämmerung -- 4. The Use of Rhyme, Assonance and Alliteration in the Menschheitsdämmerung -- IV. Interpretive Guidelines -- 1. The Use of Formal Elements in Expressionist Lyrics -- 2. Some Popular Verse Elements and Verse Forms -- 3. The Formal Principle of Unresolved Tension -- 4. Perspective: Post-Expressionist Formal Tendencies -- Bibliography -- Key to Poem Numbers and Index.

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