| The Cambridge Companion to Günter Grass Contributor(s): Taberner, Stuart (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521876702 ISBN-13: 9780521876704 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2009 Annotation: New essays for students of German's best-known living author and his works, including The Tin Drum. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - German |
| Dewey: 838.914 |
| LCCN: 2009012563 |
| Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 9" (1.15 lbs) 254 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: G nter Grass is Germany's best-known and internationally most successful living author, from his first novel The Tin Drum to his recent controversial autobiography. He is known for his tireless social and political engagement with the issues that have shaped post-War Germany: the difficult legacy of the Nazi past, the Cold War and the arms race, environmentalism, unification and racism. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1999. This Companion offers the widest coverage of Grass's oeuvre across the range of media in which he works, including literature, television and visual arts. Throughout, there is particular emphasis on Grass's literary style, the creative personality which inhabits all his work, and the impact on his reputation of revelations about his early involvement with Nazism. The volume sets out, in a fresh and lively fashion, the fundamentals that students and readers need in order to understand Grass and his individual works. |
Contributor Bio(s): Taberner, Stuart: - Stuart Taberner is Professor of Contemporary German Literature, Culture and Society at the University of Leeds. |