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Weimar on the Pacific: German exile culture in Los Angeles and the crisis of modernism 9780520251281, 0520251288, 9780520257955, 0520257952
Table of contents : • THE SOUND Sight & Sound Experience of Gustav Klimt – Atelier des lumières Paris On the threshold of the twentieth century, many artists were guided in their work by the desire – and the search – for a perfect world. It had to do with the spirit of the times, among other things, and it influenced many painters, writers, poets and composers in their work. But with no other artist it was as prominent as with Franz Schreker (1878-1934). The search for ‘the’ sound dominated his entire life, he was fascinated and obsessed with it. A sound that would die of its own accord, but not really, because it had to continue to be heard – if only in your thoughts. It had to be a pure sound, but one with orgasmic desire and interwoven with visions. Narcotic. In his music I really hear the perfect sound that he so desired which makes me intensely happy. For Schreker you can wake me up in the middle of the night. The fusion of shameless emotions with undisguised eroticism and intense beauty turns me into an ‘Alice in wonderland’. I want more and more of it. Call me a junkie. I consider his operas to be the most beautiful in existence, alongside those of Puccini and Korngold. When the Nazis came to power, Schreker was labelled an ‘e
Contents......Page 6
List of Illustrations......Page 8
List of Abbreviations......Page 10
Preface......Page 14
Introduction......Page 20
1. The Dialectic of Modernism......Page 49
2. Art and Its Resistance to Society:Theodor W. Adorno’s Aesthetic Theory......Page 75
3. Bertolt Brecht’s California Poetry:Mimesis or Modernism?......Page 98
4. The Dialectic of Modern Science: Brecht’s Galileo......Page 124
5. Epic Theater versus Film Noir: Bertolt Brecht andFritz Lang’s Anti-Nazi Film Hangmen Also Die......Page 148
6. California Modern as Immigrant Modernism:Architects Richard Neutra and Rudolph M. Schindler......Page 167
7. Between Modernism and Antimodernism:Franz Werfel......Page 191
8. Renegade Modernism: Alfred Döblin’s NovelKarl and Rosa......Page 216
9. The Political Battleground of Exile Modernism:The Council for a Democratic Germany......Page 242
10. Evil Germany versus Good Germany: Thomas Mann’sDoctor Faustus......Page 261
11. A “True Modernist”: Arnold Schoenberg......Page 284
Conclusion: The Weimar Legacy of Los Angeles......Page 308
Chronology......Page 320
I. Addresses of Weimar Exiles and Exile Institu