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Stefan George (1868-1933) was one of the most important figures in modern German culture. His poetry, in its originality and impact, has been ranked with that of Goethe and Ho̘lderlin. Yet George's reach extended beyond the sphere of literature. In the early 1900s, he gathered around himself a circle of disciples who subscribed to his vision of comprehensive cultural-spiritual renewal and sought to turn it into reality. The ideas of the George Circle profoundly affected Germany's educated middle class, especially in the aftermath of the First World War, when their critique of bourgeois liberalism, materialism, and scholarship (Wissenschaft) as well as their call for new forms of leadership (Herrschaft) and a new Reich found wider resonance. The essays collected in the present volume critically re-examine these ideas, their contexts, and their influence. They provide new perspectives on the intersection of culture and politics in the works of the George Circle, not least its ambivalent relationship to National Socialism.

National socialism and literature. --- George, Stefan Anton, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Influence. --- Friends and associates. --- Political and social views. --- Germany --- Intellectual life --- Literature and national socialism --- Literature --- George Circle. --- German culture. --- National Socialism. --- Nazi Germany. --- Stefan George. --- Weimar. --- Wilhelmine. --- cultural-spiritual renewal. --- culture and politics. --- George, Stefan,