Sprachkunst Jahrgang XL/2009/2. Halbband, pp. 239-260, 2011/05/17
Beiträge zur Literaturwissenschaft
Among the numerous literary sources of Bertolt Brecht’s ›Baal‹, there are also two contemporary works of expressionism, Hanns Johst’s drama ›Der Einsame‹ and the novel ›Ambros Maria Baal‹ by Andreas Thom. The texts are connected by a similar thematic constellation: In each case, a young poet stands in the centre, who suffers, and eventually dies, from a conflict between artistry and attachment to his mother. As a result, the three texts can be viewed as variations on the issues of artistry and the generation gap typical of expressionism.
