Albrecht Classen

Intertextuality, Ecocriticism, and Human Interaction with Nature in Wilhelm Schäfer’s Novella “Anckemanns Tristan” (1936). How to Engage with Literature by a Nazi Sympathizer in the Twenty-First Century

This essay makes an effort to rescue a completely forgotten novella from a German writer, Wilhelm Schäfer (d. 1952), who was, horribly dictu, a strong advocate for the Nazis at least until 1945. While fully acknowledging the highly problematic political background of the author, the analysis focuses on the intriguing a...