Walter Muschg (1898 - 1965) was a Swiss literary historian and essayist. This Dutch edition of De ontwrichting van de Duitse literatuur is a posthumously published collection of essays of literary criticism including Die Zerstörung der deutschen Literatur, which was originally published in 1956, together with essays from a later date. There are essays on Kafka, Gerhart Hauptmann, Alfred Doeblin, Ernest Barlach, Freud and Eliza Butler. Solid, conventional essays. ( )