Senghor and the Germans
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9250649 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J ́nos Riesz (corresponding author), J´nos Riesz |
| Translators | Aija Bjornson |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 25-37 |
| Publication date | 2002-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Research in African Literatures (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-5210 • E-ISSN: 1527-2044 |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/ral.2002.33.4.25 |
| OpenAlex | W2059938527 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
Senghor and the Germans—what is there to say about this topic that has not already been said a hundred times by Senghor himself and by his interpreters and critics? Senghor's relationship to Germany and the Germans marks every phase of his life. First, his early fascination with German culture and everything German—his love of Goethe and German Romanticism, music, and philosophy, and especially the great influence of German African scholarship in general and Leo Frobenius in particular on his theory of Négritude. Later, the seduction of the racist doctrine of National Socialism and its defeat through his experience of the Second World War and the teachings of the Weimar classicist and cosmopolite Goethe; Senghor's shock at the defeat of France and the German occupation of France in 1940 and the subsequent humiliation of being held prisoner of war; his numerous contacts with West Germany since the 1950s and the recognition he found there as a writer and statesman—thanks to the efforts of his dedicated advocate and translator, Jahnheinz Jahn; the achievement of receiving the most prestigious German literary prize, the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade ("Friedenspreis des deutschen Buchhandels") amid the student revolts of 1968 and many other honors awarded to him in later years by German cities and universities. 1
Art · Art history · Communism · German · German Literature · Literature · Nazism · Political science · Politics · Romanticism · Socialism · African history and culture studies · Classics · History · Law
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2014 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |