Migration, dictatorship and identity in twentieth-century Europe Siegfried von Vegesack and Werner Bergengruen / Martyn Housden.

SeriesMaking sense of history ; volume 50
Contents Restless lives -- The small world seen from the tower : Siegfried von Vegesack's move to the Bavarian Forest -- Representing multiculturality -- Living with Nazism : Siegfried von Vegesack -- Living with Nazism : Werner Bergengruen -- Werner Bergengruen as literary resister to Hitler? -- A different kind of colonialism : Siegfried von Vegesack in Latin America, 1936-38 -- Justice and guilt -- Was a new start possible for two ageing authors?
Abstract "The lived experiences of two authors, Siegfried von Vegesack and Werner Bergengruen, provide a fascinating lens into the reality of migration and identity in twentieth-century Europe. Forced to leave their Baltic homeland and forge new lives in Germany, both authors contended with life under the Nazi regime and the social upheaval that took place after its fall. In this illuminating examination of the relationship between migration and literature, Martyn Housden interrogates how the experience of displacement informed the authorship of each figure. By charting how their writing interpolated the period's many ruptures, this study offers an unrivalled insight into the complexities of identity and nationhood in a conflict-torn continent"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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