Toller, Ernst 1893-1939
Overview
| Works: | 668 works in 2,225 publications in 7 languages and 22,000 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Drama Criticism, interpretation, etc Biography Acting editions Musical settings Bibliography Autobiographies History Personal correspondence Sources |
| Subject Headings: | Authors, German |
| Roles: | Author, Other, Narrator, Honoree, Creator, Librettist, Bibliographic antecedent, Speaker, Composer, Author of introduction, Contributor, Lyricist |
| Classifications: | PT2642.O65, 832.912 |
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Most widely held works about
Ernst Toller
- German expressionism and the Messianism of a generation by Lisa Marie Anderson( )
- Ernst Toller and German society : intellectuals as leaders and critics, 1914-1939 by Robert Ellis( )
- All that I am : a novel by Anna Funder( Book )
- I was a German : the autobiography of a revolutionary by Ernst Toller( Book )
- Ernst Toller by Malcolm Pittock( Book )
- German expressionist drama : Ernst Toller and Georg Kaiser by Renate Benson( Book )
- He was a German : a biography of Ernst Toller by Richard Dove( Book )
- Toller by Tankred Dorst( Book )
- Anarchism in the dramas of Ernst Toller : the realm of necessity and the realm of freedom by Michael Ossar( Book )
- Seven plays by Ernst Toller( Book )
- Prosa, Briefe, Dramen, Gedichte by Ernst Toller( Book )
- Ernst Toller and his critics; a bibliography by John M Spalek( Book )
- The Plays of Ernst Toller : a revaluation by Cecil W Davies( Book )
- Sunlight & shadow by Frederick May( )
- Der Fall Toller : Kommentar u. Materialien( Book )
- I was a German : the autobiography of Ernst Toller by Ernst Toller( Book )
- Ernst Toller : in Selbstzeugnissen und Bilddokumenten by Wolfgang Rothe( Book )
- Revolutionary socialism in the work of Ernst Toller by Richard Dove( Book )
- Look through the bars : letters from prison, poems, and a new version of "The swallow book" by Ernst Toller( Book )
- Ernst Toller und die Weimarer Republik 1918-1933 by Andreas Lixl-Purcell( Book )
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Most widely held works by
Ernst Toller
Masse-Mensch : ein Stück aus der sozialen Revolution des 20. Jahrhunderts by
Ernst Toller(
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78 editions published between 1920 and 2015 in 3 languages and held by 445 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
78 editions published between 1920 and 2015 in 3 languages and held by 445 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
I was a German : the autobiography of a revolutionary by
Ernst Toller(
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115 editions published between 1933 and 2016 in 4 languages and held by 386 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The author, a German Expressionist, recounts his life, writing career, and political activism, and discusses his pacifist outlook on life
115 editions published between 1933 and 2016 in 4 languages and held by 386 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The author, a German Expressionist, recounts his life, writing career, and political activism, and discusses his pacifist outlook on life
Hinkemann; eine Tragödie by
Ernst Toller(
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52 editions published between 1922 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 368 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
52 editions published between 1922 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 368 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Das Schwalbenbuch by
Ernst Toller(
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47 editions published between 1923 and 2015 in German and English and held by 324 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
47 editions published between 1923 and 2015 in German and English and held by 324 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Die Maschinenstürmer : ein Drama aus der Zeit der Ludditenbewegung in England : in fünf Akten und einem Vorspiel by
Ernst Toller(
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37 editions published between 1922 and 1960 in German and English and held by 305 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Skuespil om væveropstanden i Manchester i 1815
37 editions published between 1922 and 1960 in German and English and held by 305 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Skuespil om væveropstanden i Manchester i 1815
Hoppla, wir leben! : ein Vorspiel und fünf Akte by
Ernst Toller(
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47 editions published between 1917 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 294 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
47 editions published between 1917 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 294 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
No more peace! : a thoughtful comedy by
Ernst Toller(
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16 editions published in 1937 in 3 languages and held by 255 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Howard Players present "No More Peace," by Ernst Toller, lyrics by W.H. Auden, score by Herbert Murrill, directed by Anne Cooke, setting by Owen Dodson
16 editions published in 1937 in 3 languages and held by 255 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Howard Players present "No More Peace," by Ernst Toller, lyrics by W.H. Auden, score by Herbert Murrill, directed by Anne Cooke, setting by Owen Dodson
Mouvement ( --vor der Erstarrung) ; --zwei Gefühle--, Musik mit Leonardo ; Consolation I ; Consolation II by
Helmut Lachenmann(
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2 editions published in 2001 in German and held by 247 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 2001 in German and held by 247 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Gesammelte Werke by
Ernst Toller(
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9 editions published in 1978 in German and held by 238 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
9 editions published in 1978 in German and held by 238 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Pastor Hall by
Ernst Toller(
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7 editions published between 1938 and 1980 in English and German and held by 238 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The true story of Protestant minister Martin Niemöller, who was interned at Dachau concentration camp for criticising the Nazi party
7 editions published between 1938 and 1980 in English and German and held by 238 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The true story of Protestant minister Martin Niemöller, who was interned at Dachau concentration camp for criticising the Nazi party
Die Wandlung : das Ringen eines Menschen by
Ernst Toller(
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18 editions published between 1919 and 1974 in German and held by 237 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
18 editions published between 1919 and 1974 in German and held by 237 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The machine wreckers : a drama of the English Luddites in a prologue and five acts by
Ernst Toller(
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16 editions published between 1923 and 1934 in English and held by 231 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Lord Byron's speech in the House of lords on the second reading of the Frame-work bill, 27th February 1812" : p. 105-113
16 editions published between 1923 and 1934 in English and held by 231 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Lord Byron's speech in the House of lords on the second reading of the Frame-work bill, 27th February 1812" : p. 105-113
Brokenbrow, a tragedy by
Ernst Toller(
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11 editions published between 1923 and 2012 in English and German and held by 228 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
11 editions published between 1923 and 2012 in English and German and held by 228 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ausgewählte Schriften by
Ernst Toller(
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23 editions published between 1959 and 1961 in German and Undetermined and held by 213 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
23 editions published between 1959 and 1961 in German and Undetermined and held by 213 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Masses and man, a fragment of the social revolution of the twentieth century by
Ernst Toller(
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18 editions published between 1923 and 1934 in 3 languages and held by 202 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
18 editions published between 1923 and 1934 in 3 languages and held by 202 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Seven plays by
Ernst Toller(
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15 editions published between 1934 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 194 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
15 editions published between 1934 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 194 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The machine wreckers by
Ernst Toller(
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10 editions published between 1923 and 1995 in English and held by 173 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Ernst Toller was an active revolutionary who was also an accomplished poet and playwright. Indeed he became a writer during a five-year prison sentence for his part in the 1919 November Revolution in Bavaria. He was jailed at the age of 25: by the time of his release in 1924 he had written four major plays, now acknowledged masterpieces of German Expressionism, all of which had been performed by the leading avant-garde theatres of the day." "The Machine Wreckers is one of those plays. Set largely in Nottingham in the early years of the 19th century, it depicts the suffering amongst the local weavers, caused by the introduction of mechanised looms - the 'machines' of the title. The resultant Luddite riots were defended in the House by Lord Byron in his maiden speech there."--Jacket
10 editions published between 1923 and 1995 in English and held by 173 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Ernst Toller was an active revolutionary who was also an accomplished poet and playwright. Indeed he became a writer during a five-year prison sentence for his part in the 1919 November Revolution in Bavaria. He was jailed at the age of 25: by the time of his release in 1924 he had written four major plays, now acknowledged masterpieces of German Expressionism, all of which had been performed by the leading avant-garde theatres of the day." "The Machine Wreckers is one of those plays. Set largely in Nottingham in the early years of the 19th century, it depicts the suffering amongst the local weavers, caused by the introduction of mechanised looms - the 'machines' of the title. The resultant Luddite riots were defended in the House by Lord Byron in his maiden speech there."--Jacket
Prosa, Briefe, Dramen, Gedichte by
Ernst Toller(
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33 editions published between 1961 and 1989 in German and Undetermined and held by 167 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
33 editions published between 1961 and 1989 in German and Undetermined and held by 167 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Zu Ernst Toller, Drama und Engagement(
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2 editions published in 1981 in German and held by 167 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 1981 in German and held by 167 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Man and the masses (Masse mensch) : a play of the social revolution in seven scenes by
Ernst Toller(
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5 editions published in 1924 in English and held by 166 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Set during wartime, [this play] shows a workers' committee deciding to strike to enforce peace and secure a fair society. Sonja Irene, wife of a disapproving bourgeois, has joined the committee and finds her strike call disputed by an anonymous opponent who insists that the utopia of lasting peace and social justice can only come through violent revolution. She is unable to prevent violence and the subsequent shooting of an enemy soldier. She is captured in the ensuing battle, refuses help from her husband and from her anonymous former opponent because she would have to kill a warden to escape, and is executed. This reveals, in Richard Dove's words, "the strong vein of determinism increasingly evident in Toller's work." The play is written as a vision containing "real" and "dream" scenes in which the banality of real-life situations is contrasted with the utopia of a new society to come. The problems of the political resolve needed for mass action are examined dialectically through the central character, who is portrayed both as a real-life person and as an abstract figure. All the central oppositions remain unresolved, with the reality of revolution in conflict with noble ideals expressed in abstract argument. Moral principle is set against revolutionary expediency, and expressed in a clash between ethical socialism and applied Marxism. The individual here has to show the way, the mass can only achieve ethical freedom through an act of limited violence. Despite many Expressionist features, the involvement with political argument lifts the play beyond propaganda and ideology. The central figure becomes a "new woman" and combines a hard-headed understanding of her companions with a vision for the future. --what-when-how.com
5 editions published in 1924 in English and held by 166 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Set during wartime, [this play] shows a workers' committee deciding to strike to enforce peace and secure a fair society. Sonja Irene, wife of a disapproving bourgeois, has joined the committee and finds her strike call disputed by an anonymous opponent who insists that the utopia of lasting peace and social justice can only come through violent revolution. She is unable to prevent violence and the subsequent shooting of an enemy soldier. She is captured in the ensuing battle, refuses help from her husband and from her anonymous former opponent because she would have to kill a warden to escape, and is executed. This reveals, in Richard Dove's words, "the strong vein of determinism increasingly evident in Toller's work." The play is written as a vision containing "real" and "dream" scenes in which the banality of real-life situations is contrasted with the utopia of a new society to come. The problems of the political resolve needed for mass action are examined dialectically through the central character, who is portrayed both as a real-life person and as an abstract figure. All the central oppositions remain unresolved, with the reality of revolution in conflict with noble ideals expressed in abstract argument. Moral principle is set against revolutionary expediency, and expressed in a clash between ethical socialism and applied Marxism. The individual here has to show the way, the mass can only achieve ethical freedom through an act of limited violence. Despite many Expressionist features, the involvement with political argument lifts the play beyond propaganda and ideology. The central figure becomes a "new woman" and combines a hard-headed understanding of her companions with a vision for the future. --what-when-how.com
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Related Identities
- Kaiser, Georg 1878-1945
- Barlach, Ernst 1870-1938
- Werfel, Franz 1890-1945
- Anderson, Lisa Marie Author
- Spalek, John M. Other Author Editor
- Ellis, Robert 1946- Author
- Funder, Anna 1966- Author
- Frühwald, Wolfgang Editor
- Crankshaw, Edward Translator Creator
- Dove, Richard 1938- Author
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Anarchism in literature Anti-fascist movements Anti-Nazi movement Australian fiction Authors, German Barlach, Ernst, Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with percussion Dramatists, German Eddy, Mary Baker, England--London Expressionism in literature German drama German poetry Germany Germany--Berlin Instrumental ensembles Intellectuals Jews Kaiser, Georg, Leonardo,--da Vinci, Literature Luddites Man-woman relationships Messianism in literature Monologues with music (Instrumental ensemble) National socialism and literature Orchestral music Peace Political and social views Politics and government Politics and literature Prisoners' writings, German Prisoners of war Radicalism Radicalism in literature Refugees Revolution (Germany : 1918) Sacred vocal ensembles, Unaccompanied Socialism Socialism in literature Songs (Medium voice) with orchestra Strikes and lockouts Suites (Orchestra) Toller, Ernst, Underground movements, War Vocal ensembles with percussion War Werfel, Franz, World War (1939-1945)
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Alternative Names
Ernestus Toller
Ernst Toller deutscher Schriftsteller und Politiker
Ernst Toller ditsche Bolitiker
Ernst Toller dramaturg alemany
Ernst Toller dramaturge allemand
Ernst Toller drammaturgo e rivoluzionario tedesco
Ernst Toller Duits auteur
Ernst Toller Duitse politikus
Ernst Toller düütsch Politiker
Ernst Toller escritor e político alemão
Ernst Toller escritor y político alemán
Ernst Toller German playwright
Ernst Toller germana verkisto
Ernst Toller německý spisovatel
Ernst Toller nemški pisatelj in politik
Ernst Toller politico alemán
Ernst Toller Saksamaa näitekirjanik
Ernst Toller tysk politiker
Ernsts Tollers
Toler, Ernest
Toler, Ernest 1893-1939
Toler, Ernst.
Toler, Ernst 1893-1939
Toller
Toller, E. 1893-1939
Toller, E. (Ernst), 1893-1939
Toller, Ernest 1893-1939
Toller, Ernst
Toller, Ernst, 1893-
Torurā, Erunsuto 1893-1939
Ернст Толер
Толлер, Эрнст
Толлер, Эрнст 1893-1939
Эрнст Толлер
ארנסט טולר
ארנסט טולר מחזאי גרמני
טאלאר, ערנסט 1893־1939
טאלער, ארנסט 1893-1939
טאלער, ערנסט
טאלער, ערנסט 1893־1939
טולר, ארנסט 1893־1939
ارنست تولر
إرنست توللر
إرنست توللر كاتب مسرحي ألماني
ഏണസ്റ്റ് ടോളർ
ერნსტ ტოლერი
에른스트 톨러
톨러, 에른스트 1893-1939
トラー, エルンスト
トラア, エルンスト
トルラー, エルンスト
トルラー, エルンスト 1893-1939
恩斯特·托勒爾
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