Shell Shock Cinema by Kaes, Anton -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Half title Title Copyright Contents Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1 The War at Home

The Wounded Soldier The Spirit of 1914 Film and Nation The Battle of Images A Medium for Deception The New Empire Mental Breakdowns

2 Tales from the Asylum

War Neurotics Recovering the Past Phantoms and Freaks From Dr. Charcot to Dr. Caligari Madness as Resistance The Hitler Connection Shattered Space

3 The Return of the Undead

The Lost Generation Mass Death Dracula Revisited A Community under Siege Hysteria on the Home Front The Allure of the Occult The Work of Mourning

4. Myth, Murder, and Revenge

The National Project Posing for Germany The Will to Form The Fallen Hero Excursus: Lang in World War I The Sacred Battle The End of Violence

5 The Industrial Battlefield

Rise of the Machines Moloch War Lang’s America The Hunger for Religion The Workers’ Revolt Destruction and Regeneration Aftershocks

Conclusion Notes Weimar Cinema on DVD Bibliography

Shell Shock and Trauma Theory World War I and the Weimar Republic Weimar Film History Films Discussed

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