Weisstein, Ulrich: Expressionism, as an international literary phenomenon. 21 essays and a bibliography - A comparative history of literatures in European languages 1. (Budapest, 1973)
EXPRESSIONISM AS AN INTERNATIONAL LITERARY PHENOMENON Edited by U. Weisstkin This volume is the first to appear in the series A Comparative History of Literatures in European Languages which was launched at the Belgrade Congress of the International Comparative Literature Association. It aims at disclosing the similarities and divergencies of an international literary movement. While, in the past, it was mainly the German aspect of Expressionism which has been studied, this volume presents Expressionism against a more general, European and American, background. For all the differences of opinion concerning the artistic values upheld and fostered by Expressionism (as reflected in the present collection), the movement itself had со isiderable historical significance. The contributors offer scl olarly analyses of the principi ;s, as well as the thematic and formal elements, of Expressio' ism as they appear in vario i a literatures. AKADÉMIAI KIADÓ BUDAPEST LIBRAIRIE MARCEL DIDIER PARIS