The dear purchase : a theme in German modernism (Record no. 33260)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780521433303 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 830.9 |
| Item number | STE |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Stern, J. P. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The dear purchase : a theme in German modernism |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Cambridge University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2006 |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Cambridge : |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xxii,445 p. ; |
| Other physical details | ill., |
| Dimensions | 21 cm |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
| Price amount | 36.99 |
| Price type code | £ |
| Unit of pricing | 110.10 |
| 490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Cambridge studies in German |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | This book studies individual works by twelve major writers of German modernism, including Thomas Mann, Musil, Brecht and Rilke, in relation to the history of the twentieth century. It explores the theme of the 'dear purchase', an ideal of moral strenuousness and sacrifice seen as characteristic of Germany after Nietzsche, and reveals the underlying flaw in this notion as a self-justifying value. In this context, it considers the renaissance of German poetry after 1900, the impact of the War of 1914, its aftermath in uncertainty and relativism, and attitudes to the Hitler period, and finally juxtaposes Mann's Felix Krull and Kafka's story Josephine as a deliverance from the value-system of the title. The Introduction, partly autobiographical, traces J. P. Stern's preoccupation with this interpretation of his material in many of the books he published (especially those concerned with Nietzsche and Hitler), and pays tribute to Wittgenstein's influence on his thinking. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | German literature |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | The Great War |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Rendering account |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Relativity |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Reality |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | German poetry |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date last borrowed | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | DAU | DAU | 28/04/2024 | 4072.60 | 2 | 830.9 STE | 035003 | 12/05/2025 | 13/12/2024 | Books |