Format:
Online-Ressource (xxvii, 316 p)
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ill
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
1845455703
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1282627627
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9781282627628
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9781845459031
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9781845455705
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9780857453112
Series Statement:
Monographs in German history v. 25
Content:
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 Ger
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [286]-302) and indexes
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Title page-Banned in Berlin; Contents; Tables; Figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1-The Law; Chapter 2-The Censors; Chapter 3-Defending the Political Order; Chapter 4-Defending the Social Order; Chapter 5-Defending the Religious Order; Chapter 6-Defending the Moral Order; Chapter 7-The Censored; Conclusion; Archives Consulted; Work Cited; Index of Censored Authors, Titles. Periodicals, and Publishing Firms; General Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1282627562
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780857453112
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Banned in Berlin : Literary Censorship in Imperial Germany, 1871-1918
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
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German Studies
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General works
Keywords:
Electronic books
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781845459031
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781845459031
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