| A Dubious Heritage: Questioning Identity in German Autobiographical Novels of the Postwar Generation Contributor(s): Daemmrich, Horst (Editor), Wiesehan, Gretchen (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820430099 ISBN-13: 9780820430096 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $55.05 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 1997 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History - Literary Criticism | European - German - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 833.914 |
| LCCN: 95035348 |
| Series: Studies in the Humanities |
| Physical Information: 186 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the 1970s, a number of German and Austrian writers began producing autobiographical fiction about their relationships with parents whose lives were inalterably affected by the Third Reich. Their novels typically attempt to work through guilt arising from their own parents' implication in Nazi crimes. Focusing on works by Handke, Hartling, Schwaiger, Wohmann, and Wolf, this study examines the questions they raise about the individual's relation to family and the state, and about the representation of identity itself." |