November 1918 (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Alfred Döblin
- First Published: 1939
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social
- Time of Work: November, 1918, to the late 1920’s
- Setting: Berlin and the Weimar Republic
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Politics, Revolutions, 1910’s, 1920’s, Good and evil, Devils or demons, Germany or German people, Berlin, Satan or Satanism
- Locales: Berlin, Germany, Weimar Republic
Characters Discussed
The author, who introduces, comments on, and ties together developments in Germany at the end of World War I and afterward. Berlin is the focal point, but events in Strasbourg, Paris, the German military headquarters in Kassel, and elsewhere are woven into the intricate story. The story traces the thoughts and actions of political figures, revolutionaries, military officers, financial opportunists, and ordinary individuals in the tense period following the establishment of a shaky, moderately left-wing republic and the armistice through the crushing of the...
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