Banned in Berlin

Literary Censorship in Imperial Germany, 1871-1918
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-84545-570-5
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 25, 342 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 652 g

Reihe: Monographs in German History

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stark, Gary D.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Ethische Themen & Debatten: Zensur
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of illustrations

List of tables and figures

Acknowledgements

List of abbreviations used in notes

Introduction: Censorship, society, and literary life in imperial Germany

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: Authors’ responses to censorship

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Stark, Gary D.
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 Bede K. Lackner, Essays on Culture and Society in Modern Germany (College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 1982).