Anarchism in the Dramas of Ernst Toller

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Anarchism in the Dramas of Ernst Toller is written by Michael Ossar and published by SUNY Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0873953932 (ISBN 10) and 9780873953931 (ISBN 13).

This study shows how politics and art intermingled in the life and works of one of the most renowned playwrights of German Expressionism, a man who was in many senses paradigmatic of the non-communist Left in the Weimar Republic. Toller sought to preserve the sanctity of the individual against collectivist assaults from the Right and from the Left, but at the same time to meet the needs of a complex society. Ossar demonstrates that the playwright arrived at solutions that were anarchist in nature, deriving from a long European tradition. This is the first in-depth book-length study of Toller and his plays published in English.