Germany's poet-anarchist: John Henry Mackay;: A contribution to the history of German literature at the turn of the century, 1880-1920

214 Pages·1972·4.13 MB·English

by  Thomas A Riley

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JOHN HENRY MACMY
GERMANY'SP OET-ANARCHIST
JOHN HENRY MACKAY
A Contritbout thHieio snt oofGr eyr mLaint erature
tur
att hTeu ronft hCee ny, 1880-1920
By
ThomasA .R iley
BowdoCionl lege
THER EVISIONIPSRTE SS
New York
1972
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72-87944
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CONTENTS
Page
Foreword i-ii
ChapterI . TheP ersnaoiltya ndC hraacteorf
JohnH enrMya ck.ay...............1 .......
ChapterI I. TheN aturiasl.t..............1.7. .........
ChapteIrI .I EuropeAannra chi.sm............41. ........
ChapterI V. AmericanA nacrhims.............5.7. .......
ChapterV . MaxS tinrera ndJ ohnH enrMya ckay.......66
ChapterV I. Matuirt.y................8.2. .............
ChapteVrI .I Sagtit.a..........................1..0.4. ..
ChaptVerI I.I TheP oe.t................1.1.5 .............
ChapterI X. Potswar 175
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ChapterX . Concluison 183
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Bibliograp.h.y....................1.8.6. ..................
Index i-iii
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parts ot ihgtliytn eorwveinn t hef abriocf G ermlatine rature
oft hosede cadtehsao tn lwyti hl onsgut dyc na thes utdenste e
theimn i sotliaoann dt hurse alulndye rnsdtw aithw hahte i s
deagli.Hn oweer,vo neg leiamnrge tdrh eadt hawte asv iets
srtangwaey t hroutghhel tieruarteo ft heti mheas ,i ni ts
grossearps ec,tb seecnl re faoarl tlo s eaen dh as bgevieenn
an ameo fm ancyo nontatnios--Anarscm!h Siod epe wast hei m­
prseisonl efbtyt hea narsctht ihaetv en tmoadnoayfy u ss till
evniasgeund ert hwe ortdh er agg,eb dearedd,f atnaibco mb­
threor,ww hok ilhlisps r e,yi sc augahntdb ehdeead,d ying
aftea rl unatliiecf mae ainneglsdsea t.h Sutdenotfs the
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hidse si;rs eutsdenotfsp oltiicpahlli osophwyi lble tter
undetrasnadn rachsimi ft hekyn oswo moef t hel tieruarteo f
thisp eri.o Tdhisw or,kt hreefor,we illd ecsritbhee a naricshm
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sidoefG erman anrachsimi sa na cucnoto ft hel iefa nwdo rokf
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theo nlayc counoftt hep oetth aatmi sa tc omparacto�imlevtee ­
ness. Thef ews eoruisattemopftu sn pjrudeiced ctr<Jie txi­cs
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wrietrh asf ounvedry f ewa rtcileosnt hep oetth aatr weo rth
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beiatl Gsan zezsun ehmeunn dz ub ertacehn.t Nied e,ri hrien ­
nereZnsu amemnh�nagufez puttsreunn di hnenna czhuge,h12e1 andded
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int he pronv�ieo ft hiss utd.y
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tol tierarfya shi;ao nndfsn ial,lt yhath e wtahes o nloytu tsand­
inGge rmawnr ietro fb ellleestr terse psreteningt hep hliopshoy
ofan arhcims.M yi nvsteigatoifot nho sfeo upro tisnw ilbler e­
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paeprsa ndco rresopndebncece o mtpelledye tsroyed. Ih avbee en
fortu,nh aotweeer,vi nd icsoevriingnt hicso tunrty hrede ifferent
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thep osseosnso ifM r.H ..LM enckeonfB atlimo.r eEvemno rfeo tru­
natwea sI ihna vnigt he vekriynh de lapn de ncougreamte onft he
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CHAPTERI
THEP ERSNALOI TYAN D CHARACTERO FJ OHNH ENRMAYC KAY
Anarchsim, lookeadt f roma broasdt andopin,t isa ne xtreme
devleopmenotf t hei ndividiuasiltct rendosf t heR enasisnac,e a
repleamcenotf a utohritanr itardaitni obiyn divuiadld eciiso.n
Thef ocrest hatp roudcedt he Renaissnacei nE uropelainef en­
couragiendd ivuaildst ot ake itrhd eetsiyn intot hiero wnh ands
and makei tw ohfa tt heyw olud. Itw ast her aiisngo ft hev alue
oft hei nidvidutahla tp roudcedt heR eforamtio;n itw ast hed is­
coverbyy t hec ommoner ofh iso wn indivuiadliy tthatc ausepdo ­
liitcaplo wetro s lpi fromt heh andosf k ingisn ot thsoeo ft hier
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subject.s Asr espect foirn dtihvueiald so fa nyo neg rouipn -
creass,ee achi ndividtueanld tso b ecomea kinghi mslef,a s
Emersno,t he agtrseetAm ericani ndividiusatnl otic.e d"The
worl,d"s aiEdm ersno," habse eni ntsructbeydi tsk ing,s who
haves om angetiztehde e yesof n atio.n sIt hbaese nt aughbty
thisc olosssaylm botlh em utuarle evrencteh ati sd uem ant o
man. Thej oyfull oyalwtiyht whcihm enh avee verywhseurfe­
feretdh ek in,g then olbe, ort hep rporieotrt ow alkam ongt hem
bya law oft hiero wn wast heh ieorglpyhicb yw hciht hey ob­
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scurleys ingifietdh ierc onsicoussnseo ft heiro wnr ihgta nd
coemlnies,s ther ighotf e vreym an."
Thee nnbolinga nd tehvee ntukailn ghispo fe vermya nt hrough
thei deaisnt roudcedby t heR enasisnacew eref orseee,n wiht dis­
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gust, byS irRo bertF ilmera sf arb ackas1 648, whenh ew rtoe:
it lflowost hatt heo rigailnf redeomo fm ankinbdein gs up­
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pose,d eveyr mani sa tl ibertyt ob eo fw hatK ingdohmeep leaes,
and esov erpyet tyc ompanhyah t ar ihgtt om akea Kingdome of
itesl,f andn oto nlye veyr Ciyt bute verVyi llgae, ande veyr
Faiml;y na�, ande vreyp articurl maana libertyt oc huseh ismelf
tob eh iso wn King if hpel esae, and hew erea madm ant h�t be­
ingb yn aturfer eweo ulcdh usea ny m�autn hismeltfo r e hiso wn
Govern.o luu rIfd eomcracyme ans ruleby m ajoriyt con�smt,t hen
anrachismme anrsu leby u nanimocuossn ent.- ifd emocracyf rowns
onm inoirtiewsh o rumlajeor iti,e tshena narhcismf rownosn t he
rulinogf anybwoitdhyo utth atp ers'onsc onse.n tSincmeaj oriyt
rule, mionriyt rul,e or rublyeo nem ana lle ntali att imse vio­
lents ubjetciono fa parto fa popluatni oto twhie llo fa notrh e
par,t thea nrachsitc ondemntsh ema l,l forh e seenso d ifference
bewteent hev iolesnutp psrseion ofa minoirty and tshuep psrseoin
by force hoisfm elf.A narchsim, ini tsb roasdtes ens,e ist hree­
fore the belieevfey r itnhdaitvu iadli sa king inh iso wnr ihgt,