Inaug.-diss.--Münster. / Lebenslauf. At head of title: Germanistik. Bibliography: p. 81.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University / This dissertation attempts to isolate and interpret nature-mystical elements in the works of Ernat Wiechert, a twentieth-century German writer. The theoretical justification for the term, Nature-mysticism, is derived largely from R.C. Zaehner and William James. It denotes an attempt to transcend the bonds of self and to merge with greater unity, conceived of as 'Nature.' This greater unity is allegedly apprehended through insights not obtainable by means of the discursive intellect nor are these insights, so-called nature-mystical experiences, considered completely reducible to words. [TRUNCATED]

Based on a narrative structure and historical context of literary works and other articles of the author, this thesis is supposed to answer a question how Ernst Wiechert's work reflects his personal and authorship development and above all his attitude to the Nazism regime. It shows in which points his early production is similar to ideologeme of German national socialism and how the author distances from them later. The thesis describes the character of his regime critics in political and moral polarity as well as the reason for the author's inside transformation from critics to Inner Emigration.

Thesis (MA) -- Stellenbosch University, 1980. / No Abstract Available