Uwe Wittstock
Auteur de Février 33. L'hiver de la littérature
Œuvres de Uwe Wittstock
Febbraio 1933: Linverno della letteratura 1 exemplaire
Der Fall Esra: Ein Roman vor Gericht. Über die neuen Grenzen der Literaturfreiheit (2012) 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Wittstock, Uwe
- Date de naissance
- 1955-06-05
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Germany
- Lieu de naissance
- Leipzig, Germany
Membres
Critiques
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 19
- Membres
- 148
- Popularité
- #140,180
- Évaluation
- 4.2
- Critiques
- 6
- ISBN
- 34
- Langues
- 5
February 1933 describes that crucial month as it unfolded day-by-day, the mundane alongside the terrible, through the lives of a varied cast of artists and writers. As Wittstock explains, his choice is partly pragmatic: their lives were simply more thoroughly documented than most people’s. Wittstock weaves together an intimate history of a momentous month in European history from an abundance of correspondence, memoirs and diaries. But the experiences of his chosen cast – all people of letters – are unique in other ways. These were culturally prominent people – some more so than others – and their visibility made them vulnerable as the Nazis rose to power with an avowed agenda to purge German culture of foreign or otherwise undesirable elements. In the days described here, men dressed in black furiously scribble in lecture halls and theatres, compiling blacklists and recording unacceptable utterances, spreading fear and silencing opposition. Written in the present tense, the book has the tone of journalistic reportage as the reader finds themself placed in the midst of unfolding events. Each chapter ends with a summary of the day’s events, cataloguing violence and deaths with the stark brevity of a news bulletin.
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Camilla Cassidy is Senior Lecturer in the Humanities at Leuphana University of Lüneburg.… (plus d'informations)