Readers, Writers and the Politics of Literature
E-Book, Englisch, 310 Seiten, Web PDF
ISBN: 978-1-80073-040-3
Verlag: Berghahn Books
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
Autoren/Hrsg.
Weitere Infos & Material
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: ‘Please, God, Keep Me from Writing a Book about Books!’
Part I
Chapter 1. Sifting, Destroying, Controlling and Promoting: The Politics of Literature under the Swastika
Chapter 2. Bestsellers in a Dark Time: Their History and Readers
Chapter 3. Hitler’s and Goebbels’ Bedtime Reading: What Prominent Nazis Liked to Read
Part II: The Ten Most Successful Book Types in the Third Reich
Chapter 4. On the Foundation of Facts: Popular Non-Fiction Works
Chapter 5. The Colour of Money: NS Propaganda Texts
Chapter 6. Not So Quiet on the Western Front: The Boom of War Books
Chapter 7. Laughing through Life, Jolly Volk: Humour and Comedy
Chapter 8. From Medical Romance Novels to Science Fiction: The Themes and Authors of Modern Light Literature
Chapter 9. Commodifying Authentic People’s Literature: Karl May, Courths Mahler and the Heroes of Pulp Fiction
Chapter 10. Foreign Narrative Art: Bestsellers from Abroad
Chapter 11. In the Shadow of the Classics: Highbrow Literature
Chapter 12. Blood without Soil: The Successes of National (Social)ist Authors
Chapter 13. Field Grey Pays Dividends: Reading Fodder for Wartime
Conclusion: On the Trail of Bestsellers
Appendix: Selected Bestsellers and their Sales Figures
Bibliography
Index