Ernst Jnger - A Portrait [Paperback]

Ernst J?nger - A Portrait is a book about Ernst J?nger (1895-1998), Germany's greatest author since Goethe. This is a popular J?nger biography for the English speaking world, a personal portrait painted by an avid J?nger reader. The book starts out with a thorough biography of J?nger's life. Then there's a look at the controversial sides of the man, plus a discussion of J?nger's role as an outsider, mentioning something about the reception of his works today. After a look at J?nger's books on war there's a survey of central J?nger works such as The Adventurous Heart, On the Marble Cliffs, Heliopolis and Eumeswil. Moreover there are chapters on J?nger's way of looking at art, history and philosophy, on J?nger as a Science Fiction author and comparisons between J?nger and other authors, dead or alive. In the introduction to Ernst J?nger - A Portrait the author says: My aim in this study has been to look at what J?nger represents rather than at what he is, in this respect striving to highlight the fruitful aspects of his work, the neglected sides such as the esotericism and the idealism, the vitalism and the life-affirming traits. At the same time I don't deny that J?nger in the 20s was a radical nationalist dealing with fire; I have chapters covering that too. Wishing to write a book that's simple and hands-on I sport simple but not facile as my ideal. About the Author: Born in the north of Sweden in 1965, Lennart Svensson took a BA in Indology in Uppsala 1998. While working as a freelance writer he has published novels like Antropolis and Camouflage. Ernst J?nger - A Portrait is his debut in English.