Die
Epoche der Moderne (20. Jahrhundert) [dt.]
Outline of the historical
background of literature between 1890-1918
[dt.]
Outline of the historical
background of literature between 1918-45
[dt.]
Information on Naturalism,
Impressionism,
Symbolism,
Expressionism
and 1925-45
[dt.]
Some defintions from Minerva
History of Ideas online [engl.]: Modernism,
Vitalism,
Social
Darwinism, Materialism
An outline on Expressionism
[dt.]
Literature
between 1918-1945 [dt.]
Friedrich
Nietzsche
Friedrich
Nietzsche Society [engl.]
Entry on Nietzsche
from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy [engl.]
"will
to power" defined [engl.]
Die
Geburt der Tragödie [dt.], Nietzsche
kontra Wagner [dt.] and other works are available at the Gutenberg
site
His work Also
sprach Zarathustra [dt.] - Thus
spake Zarathustra [engl.]
Sigmund Freud
(1865-1939)
Biography
Downloadable
film footage of Freud! and some audio
files
The
Origin and Development of Psychoanalysis (1910) [engl.]
The
Interpretation of Dreams (1900) [engl.]
Definitions [engl.]: the
ego,
the id,
the super-ego,
the unconscious More
on the id, the ego, and the superego
Rainer Maria Rilke
Rilke
entdecken [dt.] – biography, some works, and discussion forum on Rilke
The Rainer
Maria Rilke Archive [engl.] – an anthology of poetry and quotes
Hear "Der
Panther" read aloud (among other
poems)
Christian
Morgenstern
Die
Morgenstern Homepage
The Palmström
poems
Thomas Mann
(1875-1955)
Very brief biography
[dt.]
Brief biography
[engl.]
Brief autobiography
[engl.]
Das
Buddenbrookshaus in Mann’s hometown Lubeck [dt./engl.]
Hear Thomas Mann read his
Monthly Letter from
America, 6. Dec. 1941
His opposition
to National Socialism Thomas
Mann Lecture Hall with online discussion forum
Franz Kafka
(1883-1923)
Kurzbiographie
[dt.]
Kafka
Homepage [dt.]
Chronology
of Kafka's life [dt./engl.]
Biographie in Daten
[dt.]
Franz Kafka Photo
Album
Short biography
[dt.]
Text of "The
Metamorphosis" online [engl.]
Original text of "Die Verwandlung"
is online at the Gutenberg-site
and at the Uni
Bonn
Georg Kaiser
(1878-1945)
Entry in Biographisches-Bibliographisches
Lexikon [dt.]
re: the 1920 silent film
production of Kaiser’s drama "Von
morgens bis mitternachts"
The University of Alberta
maintains a Georg
Kaiser Collection
Relatively few resources on Georg Kaiser exist online. If you
find any, or are interested in posting some online, please let me know.
Fritz Lang
(1890-1976)
Biography
Autobiography
and information on his life an films
Interesting facts about
Metropolis and Fritz
Lang
Info
and tons of links
on the film Metropolis
Facts about Metropolis
from the Internet Source Book of Early German Film
Images
from the film Metropolis
Hermann Hesse
The
Hermann Hesse Page [dt./engl.]
Biographie
in Text und Bildern [dt.]
Der
Schriftsteller Hermann Hesse [dt.]
Referat
on Hesse’s Steppenwolf [dt.]
E-mail me with questions.