The trial of Gustav Graef

Titel: The trial of Gustav Graef : art, sex, and scandal in late nineteenth-century Germany / Barnet Hartston
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Veröffentlicht: DeKalb, IL : NIU Press, [2017]
Umfang: xii, 290 Seiten : Illustrationen ; 24 cm
Format: Buch
Sprache: Englisch
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Andere Ausgaben: Erscheint auch als: Hartston, Barnet P. (Barnet Peretz), 1969- author.. Trial of Gustav Graef. - DeKalb : NIU Press, [2017]
ISBN: 9780875807676 ; 0875807674
  • List of Illustrations
  • p. viii
  • List of Abbreviations
  • p. ix
  • Acknowledgments
  • p. xi
  • Prologue
  • p. 3
  • Introduction
  • p. 9
  • A Society in Transformation
  • p. 9
  • A Culture of Honor
  • p. 12
  • Filth and Trash
  • p. 17
  • A Note on Method
  • p. 18
  • Chapter 1
  • The Rise and Fall of Gustav Graef
  • p. 23
  • A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
  • p. 23
  • From Obscurity to Respectability
  • p. 26
  • In Pursuit of Beauty
  • p. 33
  • A Change of Fortune
  • p. 37
  • Chapter 2
  • The Trial As Public Spectacle
  • p. 41
  • Venue and Cast
  • p. 43
  • Disorder in the Court
  • p. 45
  • Love Poetry and The Fairy Tale
  • p. 49
  • The Graef Trial and "New Journalism"
  • p. 54
  • A Verdict, but Not an Ending
  • p. 57
  • Chapter 3
  • Artists and Philistines
  • p. 61
  • Naturalism and Idealism
  • p. 62
  • The "Model Market"
  • p. 66
  • Three Pamphlets
  • p. 69
  • The Artists' Declaration
  • p. 79
  • Ihe Revolution and Its Victims
  • p. 86
  • Chapter 4
  • Women's Voices/Women's Silences
  • p. 93
  • Prostitution and the "Fallen Woman" in Imperial Germany
  • p. 95
  • Constructing a Fairy Tale Model
  • p. 104
  • The Graef Trial and German Feminism
  • p. 107
  • Assuming Femininity
  • p. 114
  • Chapter 5
  • Stories About Others
  • p. 117
  • A Dark and Uncivilized World
  • p. 120
  • A Case of Madness or Dissimulation?
  • p. 127
  • Defiance and Agency
  • p. 130
  • A Powerful Example of the Jewish Question
  • p. 133
  • Chapter 6
  • A Criminal Justice System in Crisis
  • p. 144
  • New Codes, New Problems
  • p. 145
  • In the Throes of Perjury Fever
  • p. 148
  • Art and Obscenity
  • p. 151
  • Closing the Courtroom
  • p. 162
  • From Lex Graef to Lex Heinze
  • p. 174
  • Chapter 7
  • Power Conflicts in the Courtroom
  • p. 186
  • The Almighty Prosecutor
  • p. 190
  • The Absolute Discretion of Judges
  • p. 195
  • A Lawyers' World
  • p. 199
  • There Are Still Juries in Berlin!
  • p. 204
  • Epilogue
  • p. 214
  • Conclusion
  • p. 225
  • Notes
  • p. 235
  • Bibliography
  • p. 271
  • Index
  • p. 281