A01=Gary D. Stark
Author_Gary D. Stark
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Cultural Studies (General)
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History: 18th/19th Century
History: 18th19th Century
Literary Studies
Product details
- ISBN 9781845455705
- Weight: 590g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 01 Mar 2009
- Publisher: Berghahn Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Imperial Germany's governing elite frequently sought to censor literature that threatened established political, social, religious, and moral norms in the name of public peace, order, and security. It claimed and exercised a prerogative to intervene in literary life that was broader than that of its Western neighbors, but still not broad enough to prevent the literary community from challenging and subverting many of the social norms the state was most determined to defend. This study is the first systematic analysis in any language of state censorship of literature and theater in imperial Germany (1871-1918). To assess the role that formal state controls played in German literary and political life during this period, it examines the intent, function, contested legal basis, institutions, and everyday operations of literary censorship as well as its effectiveness and its impact on authors, publishers, and theater directors.
Gary D. Stark is currently Professor of History and Associate Dean of Liberal Arts & Sciences at Grand Valley State University in Michigan. Previously, he was Professor of History, University of Central Arkansas (1994-1998) and Assistant and Associate Professor of History, University of Texas at Arlington (1975-1994), where he also held decanal positions. He is the author of Entrepreneurs of Ideology: Neoconservative Publishers in Germany 1890-1933 (University of North Carolina Press) and of numerous articles on late nineteenth and early twentieth century German cultural history. He co-edited with Beke K. Lackner, Essays on Culture and Society in Modern Germany (College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 1982).
