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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 472
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Viereck's the American Weekly
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Viereck's
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Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Viereck's New World
Author: George Sylvester Viereck
Publisher:
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Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 472
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The American Monthly
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Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 34
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ISBN:
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
George Sylvester Viereck, German-American Propagandist
Author: Niel M. Johnson
Publisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Publisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Aleister Crowley, Sylvester Viereck, Literature, Lust, and the Great War
Author: Patrick J. Quinn
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 152757539X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
This book explores the lives of two writers, one born in Germany (Viereck) and one born in England (Crowley), who were both influenced by decadent French writers such as Baudelaire and Mirbeau and English poets such as Swinburne and Wilde. They both wrote decadent poetry early in their careers before becoming known in literary circles as two of the most wicked writers in America (Viereck) and the world (Crowley). By their twenties, their reputations as rebels against the restrictive and stifled cultures they inhabited were firmly established. Both men enjoyed breaking with the status quo by writing poetry, short stories, and plays with exotic scenes that celebrated the beauty of the female body. Both writers were captivated by the femme fatale and her deleterious effect on her male victims, robbing them of their opportunity for transcendence into a spiritual realm. Their work, especially their love poetry, their science fiction works dealing with vampires, and articles and essays concerning the onset of the Great War are still very readable today. What is also intriguing is that, in 1915, both men were working together in New York, where Viereck was the editor of two pro-German magazines, The Fatherland and The International. Searching for an editorial position at that time, Crowley learned about an opening and was hired by Viereck. There is speculation that Crowley’s “discovery” of the job opening for these pro-German magazines was a clever plan on the part of the British secret service to place one of their agents inside the German spy network in America, of which Viereck was a key player. Propaganda, intrigue, cover-ups, and the American declaration of war on Germany all make this alliance between the two very decadent poets, and perhaps spies or even double agents, worth knowing more about.
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 152757539X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
This book explores the lives of two writers, one born in Germany (Viereck) and one born in England (Crowley), who were both influenced by decadent French writers such as Baudelaire and Mirbeau and English poets such as Swinburne and Wilde. They both wrote decadent poetry early in their careers before becoming known in literary circles as two of the most wicked writers in America (Viereck) and the world (Crowley). By their twenties, their reputations as rebels against the restrictive and stifled cultures they inhabited were firmly established. Both men enjoyed breaking with the status quo by writing poetry, short stories, and plays with exotic scenes that celebrated the beauty of the female body. Both writers were captivated by the femme fatale and her deleterious effect on her male victims, robbing them of their opportunity for transcendence into a spiritual realm. Their work, especially their love poetry, their science fiction works dealing with vampires, and articles and essays concerning the onset of the Great War are still very readable today. What is also intriguing is that, in 1915, both men were working together in New York, where Viereck was the editor of two pro-German magazines, The Fatherland and The International. Searching for an editorial position at that time, Crowley learned about an opening and was hired by Viereck. There is speculation that Crowley’s “discovery” of the job opening for these pro-German magazines was a clever plan on the part of the British secret service to place one of their agents inside the German spy network in America, of which Viereck was a key player. Propaganda, intrigue, cover-ups, and the American declaration of war on Germany all make this alliance between the two very decadent poets, and perhaps spies or even double agents, worth knowing more about.
The American Printer
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Category : Bookbinding
Languages : en
Pages : 1024
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bookbinding
Languages : en
Pages : 1024
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First Deficiency Appropriation Bill, 1919
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1426
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1426
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First Deficiency Appropriation Bill, 1919
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1616
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1616
Book Description
Nothing Less Than War
Author: Justus D. Doenecke
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813130034
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
When war broke out in Europe in 1914, political leaders in the United States were swayed by popular opinion to remain neutral; yet less than three years later, the nation declared war on Germany. In Nothing Less Than War: A New History of America's Entry into World War I, Justus D. Doenecke examines the clash of opinions over the war during this transformative period and offers a fresh perspective on America's decision to enter World War I. Doenecke reappraises the public and private diplomacy of President Woodrow Wilson and his closest advisors and explores in great depth the response of Congress to the war. He also investigates the debates that raged in the popular media and among citizen groups that sprang up across the country as the U.S. economy was threatened by European blockades and as Americans died on ships sunk by German U-boats. The decision to engage in battle ultimately belonged to Wilson, but as Doenecke demonstrates, Wilson's choice was not made in isolation. Nothing Less Than War provides a comprehensive examination of America's internal political climate and its changing international role during the seminal period of 1914–1917.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813130034
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
When war broke out in Europe in 1914, political leaders in the United States were swayed by popular opinion to remain neutral; yet less than three years later, the nation declared war on Germany. In Nothing Less Than War: A New History of America's Entry into World War I, Justus D. Doenecke examines the clash of opinions over the war during this transformative period and offers a fresh perspective on America's decision to enter World War I. Doenecke reappraises the public and private diplomacy of President Woodrow Wilson and his closest advisors and explores in great depth the response of Congress to the war. He also investigates the debates that raged in the popular media and among citizen groups that sprang up across the country as the U.S. economy was threatened by European blockades and as Americans died on ships sunk by German U-boats. The decision to engage in battle ultimately belonged to Wilson, but as Doenecke demonstrates, Wilson's choice was not made in isolation. Nothing Less Than War provides a comprehensive examination of America's internal political climate and its changing international role during the seminal period of 1914–1917.