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Berlin Alexanderplatz Berlin Alexanderplatz (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 11,751 ratings — published 1929
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The Metamorphosis The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.91 — 1,545,866 ratings — published 1915
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We We (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.87 — 119,081 ratings — published 1924
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The Trial The Trial (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.93 — 419,885 ratings — published 1925
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The Golem The Golem (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.82 — 9,631 ratings — published 1915
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The Hairy Ape The Hairy Ape (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.47 — 3,518 ratings — published 1922
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The Castle The Castle (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.91 — 79,910 ratings — published 1926
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Machinal Machinal (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 2,904 ratings — published 1928
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The Thief and Other Stories The Thief and Other Stories (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 245 ratings — published 1913
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Marianne von Werefkin (Great Masters in Art) Marianne von Werefkin (Great Masters in Art)
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avg rating 3.75 — 16 ratings — published
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Woyzeck Woyzeck (Paperback)
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avg rating 2.95 — 27,912 ratings — published 1836
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Severin's Journey into the Dark: A Prague Ghost Story Severin's Journey into the Dark: A Prague Ghost Story (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.64 — 369 ratings — published 1914
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The Poems of Georg Trakl The Poems of Georg Trakl (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 544 ratings — published 1914
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Poems and Prose Poems and Prose (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.25 — 172 ratings — published 2001
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Selected Poems and Prose Selected Poems and Prose (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.95 — 22 ratings — published 2013
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The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.91 — 10,295 ratings — published 1910
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A Dream Play A Dream Play (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.63 — 3,490 ratings — published 1901
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The Emperor Jones The Emperor Jones (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.38 — 2,665 ratings — published 1920
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Expressionism (Taschen Basic Art) Expressionism (Taschen Basic Art)
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avg rating 3.85 — 225 ratings — published 1972
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Edvard Munch: 1863-1944 Edvard Munch: 1863-1944 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 12,148 ratings — published 1988
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Autumn Sonata: Selected Poems Autumn Sonata: Selected Poems (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.47 — 425 ratings — published 1998
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Siddhartha Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 913,129 ratings — published 1922
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Steppenwolf Steppenwolf (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 225,807 ratings — published 1927
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Dear Friend: Rainer Maria Rilke and Paula Modersohn-Becker Dear Friend: Rainer Maria Rilke and Paula Modersohn-Becker (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.44 — 16 ratings — published 1998
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Das dichterische Werk. Das dichterische Werk. (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.59 — 97 ratings — published 1970
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The Last Days of Mankind The Last Days of Mankind (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 481 ratings — published 1919
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Bezette Stad Bezette Stad (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.88 — 295 ratings — published 1921
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Vita Brevis, III: De Kunst der Fuga, Een bezoek aan het Prinsengraf, Wasdom Vita Brevis, III: De Kunst der Fuga, Een bezoek aan het Prinsengraf, Wasdom (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 1977
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Painting and Sculpture in Europe, 1880-1940 Painting and Sculpture in Europe, 1880-1940 (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.81 — 62 ratings — published 1967
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The Sufferings of Prince Sternenhoch The Sufferings of Prince Sternenhoch (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.77 — 1,131 ratings — published 1928
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Manhattan Transfer Manhattan Transfer (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.64 — 7,469 ratings — published 1925
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Seven Expressionist Plays: Kokoschka to Barlach Seven Expressionist Plays: Kokoschka to Barlach (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.67 — 12 ratings — published 1980
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Deutsche Literaturgeschichte Deutsche Literaturgeschichte (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.67 — 3 ratings — published
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Gedichte Gedichte (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 189 ratings — published 1982
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The Plays of Ernst Toller: A Revaluation (Contemporary Theatre Studies) The Plays of Ernst Toller: A Revaluation (Contemporary Theatre Studies)
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avg rating 5.00 — 2 ratings — published 1996
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Barnett Newman Barnett Newman (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.04 — 25 ratings — published
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Joan Mitchell Paints a Symphony Joan Mitchell Paints a Symphony (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 84 ratings — published
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Charlotte Salomon Paints Her Life: A Novel Charlotte Salomon Paints Her Life: A Novel (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.32 — 68 ratings — published
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Ang Kiukok Address Book Ang Kiukok Address Book (Hardcover)
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avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
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The Art of Color: The Subjective Experience and Objective Rationale of Color The Art of Color: The Subjective Experience and Objective Rationale of Color (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.31 — 832 ratings — published 1961
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Renato Guttuso Renato Guttuso (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.62 — 8 ratings — published
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Tivadar Kosztka Csontvary (1853-1919) Tivadar Kosztka Csontvary (1853-1919)
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avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published
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Alfred Kubin: Confessions of a Tortured Soul Alfred Kubin: Confessions of a Tortured Soul (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.56 — 9 ratings — published 2022
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It's My Whole Life: Charlotte Salomon: An Artist in Hiding During World War II It's My Whole Life: Charlotte Salomon: An Artist in Hiding During World War II (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.92 — 96 ratings — published
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Unvarnished: Autobiographical Sketches by Emily Carr Unvarnished: Autobiographical Sketches by Emily Carr (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.79 — 19 ratings — published
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Léon Spilliaert (French Edition) Léon Spilliaert (French Edition)
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avg rating 4.32 — 31 ratings — published
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Leon Spilliaert: From the Depths of the Soul Leon Spilliaert: From the Depths of the Soul (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.88 — 8 ratings — published
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Arnold Hauser
“Picasso’s eclecticism signifies the deliberate destruction of the unity of the personality; his imitations are protests against the cult of originality; his deformation of reality, which is always clothing itself in new forms, in order the more forcibly to demonstrate their arbitrariness, is intended, above all, to confirm the thesis that ‘nature and art are two entirely dissimilar phenomena’. Picasso turns himself into a conjurer, a juggler, a parodist, out of opposition to the romantic with his ‘inner voice’, his ‘take it or leave it’, his self-esteem and self-worship. And he disavows not only romanticism, but even the Renaissance, which, with its concept of genius and its idea of the unity of work and style, anticipates romanticism to some extent. He represents a complete break with individualism and subjectivism, the absolute denial of art as the expression of an unmistakable personality. His works are notes and commentaries on reality; they make no claim to be regarded as a picture of a world and a totality, as a synthesis and epitome of existence. Picasso compromises the artistic means of expression by his indiscriminate use of the different artistic styles just as thoroughly and wilfully as do the surrealists by their renunciation of traditional forms.”
Arnold Hauser, The Social History of Art: Volume 4: Naturalism, Impressionism, The Film Age

August Strindberg
“Yes, I am crying although I am a man. But has not a man eyes! Has not a man hands, limbs,
senses, thoughts, passions? Is he not fed with the wine food, hurt by the same weapons, warmed and cooled by the same summer and winter as a woman? If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? And if you poison us, do we not die? Why shouldn't a man complain, a soldier weep? Because it is unmanly? Why is it unmanly?”
August Strindberg, The Father

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