The Golden Twenties, years of inflation, interwar period - the time between the end of World War I and Hitler's rise to power has many names and many faces. It was extremely productive in literary terms. This volume on the era explores the aesthetic and thematic diversity of Classical Modernism from exciting perspectives: from avant-garde to Zuckmayer. The arrival of modernity: literature in mass society, modernization of the literary scene. Literature in social discourse: between war experience, rational republicanism, and social criticism. Avant-garde and provocation: Dada and New Objectivity, aesthetic innovations in poetry, drama, and prose. Thematic fields include, for example: metropolis versus province, the new woman, the individual and society.