Book and Screen Seminars 2008-2009
29 April 2009, 3 - 6 pm
Room ST 276
Heinrich Mann's Professor Unrat (1904) and
Joseph von Sternberg's film Der blaue Engel (1930)
Introduced by Godela Weiss-Sussex (IGRS)
What does Heinrich Mann's critical portrayal of Wilhelmine society have in common with the film that launched Marlene Dietrich's career? Is Der blaue Engel an adaptation of Professor Unrat, or is it 'a film against Heinrich Mann'?
Issues such as these will be considered on the basis of interpretations of the works in their own right.
All welcome
Up-to-date information at http://w01.igrscms.wf.ulcc.ac.uk/index.php?id=328
Jane Lewin
Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies
University of London School of Advanced Study
Room ST 272, Senate House
Malet Street, GB- London WC1E 7HU
Telephone 0044 (0)20 7862 8966
Website www.igrs.sas.ac.uk