Literary Works, 1930-1971

Scope and content:
This series contains clippings and offprints of articles on Austrian literature and culture, and literature from other German-speaking populations; and book reviews by Brandt from his Vienna days and American career; 49 English and German essays spanning Brandt's career, published and unpublished, about a variety of topics concerning cultural and political issues as well as issues in academia; manuscripts of five of Brandt's unpublished novels, including the three part work, Stern im Nebel; a series of 36 vignettes in German, except for "Civil Service Goes To War," an account of Brandt's Office of War Information (OWI) employment; 914 aphorisms developed by Brandt; 28 largely unpublished short stories in English and German; seven short dramas, including "Gestern Kommt Morgen;" and numerous poems, published and unpublished, written throughout Brandt's career.
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Arranged chronologically by format.

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