Editing Weimar culture (section)

===Literature===
Writers such as [[Alfred Döblin]], [[Erich Maria Remarque]] and the brothers [[Heinrich Mann|Heinrich]] and [[Thomas Mann]] presented a bleak look at the world and the failure of politics and society through literature. Foreign writers also travelled to Berlin, lured by the city's dynamic, freer culture. The [[decadent]] [[cabaret]] scene of Berlin was documented by Britain's [[Christopher Isherwood]], such as in his novel ''[[Goodbye to Berlin]]'' which was later adapted as the play ''[[I Am a Camera]]''.<ref name="ThompsonB"/>

Eastern religions such as [[Buddhism]] were becoming more accessible in Berlin during the era, as Indian and East Asian musicians, dancers, and even visiting monks came to Europe. [[Hermann Hesse]] embraced Eastern philosophies and spiritual themes in his novels.

Cultural critic [[Karl Kraus (writer)|Karl Kraus]], with his brilliantly controversial magazine ''Die Fackel'', advanced the field of satirical journalism, becoming the literary and political conscience of this era.<ref>Selz 45</ref>

Weimar Germany also saw the publication of some of the world's first openly gay literature. In 1920 [[Erwin von Busse]] published a collection of stories about sexually charged encounters between men and it was promptly censored.<ref>{{cite book | author = Granand | title= Berlin Garden of Erotic Delights |publisher = Warbler Press | date = 2022 | translator-first1= Michael | translator-last1 = Gillespie | isbn = 978-1-957240-24-4 }}</ref> Other authors of such material include [[Klaus Mann]], [[Anna Elisabet Weirauch]], [[Christa Winsloe]], [[Erich Ebermayer]], and [[Max René Hesse]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Chamberlin |first1=Rick |title=Coming out of His Father's Closet: Klaus Mann's 'Der fromme Tanz' as an Anti-'Tod in Venedig' |journal=Monatshefte |date=2005 |volume=97 |issue=4 |pages=615–627 |doi=10.3368/m.XCVII.4.615 |jstor=30154241 |s2cid=219197869 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Huneke |first1=S. C. |title=The Reception of Homosexuality in Klaus Mann's Weimar Era Works |journal=Monatshefte |date=1 March 2013 |volume=105 |issue=1 |pages=86–100 |doi=10.1353/mon.2013.0027 |s2cid=162360017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Nenno |first1=Nancy P. |chapter=Bildung and Desire: Anna Elisabet Weirauch's Der Skorpion |title=Queering the Canon: Defying Sights in German Literature and Culture |date=1998 |pages=207–221 }}{{ISBN?}}</ref>