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Zusatztext 68803525 Informationen zum Autor 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). Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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... 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 ...
