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Zusatztext the book will be a useful contribution to classical reception literature, but also to the history of ideas and the social history of propaganda, of which it is a study in its own right. Informationen zum Autor Martin M. Winkler is University Professor and Professor of Classics at George Mason University. He is the author or editor of several books and has published many articles on Roman literature, the classical tradition, and especially classics and cinema. Klappentext Arminius the Liberator deals with the complex modern reception of Arminius the Cheruscan, commonly called Hermann. Arminius inflicted one of their most devastating defeats on the Romans in the year 9 A.D. by annihilating three legions under the command of Quintilius Varus in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, as it is generally if inaccurately called. This book traces the origin of the Arminius myth in antiquity and its political, artistic, and popular developments since the nineteenth century. The book's central themes are the nationalist use and abuse of history and historical myth in Germany, especially during the Weimar Republic and National Socialism, the reactions to a discredited ideology involving Arminius in post-war Europe, and revivals of his myth in the United States. Special emphasis is on the representation of Arminius in visual media since the 1960s: from painting and theater to cinema, television, and computer animation. Zusammenfassung Arminius the Liberator deals with the modern reception of Arminius. Martin M. Winkler examines the ideological abuse of historical myth in German nationalism and National Socialism and its various international ramifications up until today. Special emphasis is on the representation of Arminius in visual media. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Adages Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: History, Myth, Media History as Myth and Ideology The Fate of History in the Time of the Image I. From History to Myth to Ideology 1. Origins of Myth: Arminius in Ancient Literature and in German Scholarship a. Ancient Historians and Poets b. Modern Historians 2. Backgrounds to Twentieth-Century Ideology a. Theme and Variations: Arminius from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Centuries b. Arminius' Largest Monument: The Hermannsdenkmal 3. Arminius in National Socialism a. From Nationalism to National Socialism b. Arminius Conscripted into "Break-Through Battle " c. Arminius and Hitler d. Excursus: Hitler as Coriolanus II. Ideological Victories: The Defeat of Varus on the German Screen 4. Nationalism at a Boil: Die Hermannschlacht a. Arminius' First Screen Appearance b. Patriotic Poetry at the Premiere c. "Hail Arminius! Savior of Germany! " d. Contemporary Reactions e. Critical Assessment 5. National Socialism: Romans and Germans in Ewiger Wald a. Cinema for the Volk b. The German Forest Defeats Rome c. Homo cinematicus et ideologicus Views History III. The Death and Resurrection of Ideology 6. Historical Myth on Screen in the 1960s: With and Without Ideology a. Romans and Barbarians b. The Liberator Liberated from Ideology: Il massacro della foresta nera 7. Against Ideology: History Exorcised a. Anselm Kiefer and the Cleansing of Myth b. Claus Peymann: The Empty World c. Arminius on the Postmodern Screen: Die Hermannsschlacht d. Background: Hermann and Tacitus in German Humor e. Screen Comedy: Hermann the Bavarian and the Fall of Rome 8. After Ideology: History as Infotainment a. Home Schooling: History Lessons on Television b. Armin's Arminius: History for Kids c. Sir Arminius, the Toff 9. History Without Ideology: Media and Spectacle a. Parallel Heroic Narratives: Novels and Films b. Will Arminius Conquer the Screen Again? c. Arminius Animated 10. Arminius in the ...
