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Article: Writing Weimar: Critical Realism in German Literature 1918-1933.(Review)
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- Journal of European Studies
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- December 1, 2000
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Writing Weimar: Critical Realism in German Literature 1918-1933. By David R. Midgley. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. Pp. ix + 390. [pound]50.00.
If you are looking for an easily digestible introduction to the most important works of German literature written during the Weimar Republic, this is perhaps not the ideal candidate. Yet the very qualities which make Midgley's book a slow, at times laborious read are also those which make it an excellent study. Rarely have I read such a richly informative and densely analytical piece of writing. This is a work of considerable erudition, impressive intellectual scope and stimulating opinion. Whether it be primary ...
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