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

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

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Author/Contributor(s): Barasch Rubinstein, Emanuela
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Date: 11/17/2014
Binding: Hardcover
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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-Schüler, 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.