Mephisto in the Third Reich: Literary Representations of Evil in Nazi Germany

by Emanuela Barasch-Rubinstein

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The association of Nazism with the symbol of ultimate evil - the devil - can be found in the works of Klaus and Thomas Mann, Else Lasker-Schuler, and Rolf Hochhuth. He appears either as Satan of the Judeo-Christian tradition, or as Goethe's Mephisto. Barasch-Rubinstein looks into this phenomenon and analyzes the premise that the image of the devil had a substantial impact on Germans' acceptance of Nazi ideas.
  • ISBN13 9783110379440
  • Publish Date 24 February 2015 (first published 17 November 2014)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Publish Country DE
  • Publisher De Gruyter
  • Imprint De Gruyter Oldenbourg
  • Pages 171
  • Language English