| 'Whose Story?' - Continuities in Contemporary German-Language Literature Contributor(s): University of Bradford (Editor), Williams, Arthur (Editor), Parkes, Stuart (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3906760421 ISBN-13: 9783906760421 Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis OUR PRICE: $77.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1998 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - German |
| Dewey: 830.900 |
| LCCN: 98007233 |
| Physical Information: 406 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: These essays by British, German, and Austrian scholars explore the salient features of a literature reviving after a period of de-stabilization which was at once political and aesthetic. German unity coincided with generational changes among writers, reappraisals of the role of literature in an era of 'post-modern' challenges, and reassessments of the historical roles of Austria and Switzerland. While writers from the former GDR are shown to be pre-occupied with that past and women writers with women's status in patriarchal societies, the essays reveal a sophisticated literature of the 1990s which harnesses the aesthetic forces of post-modernism in powerful statements of moral and human commitment. Many of the essays address works which have not previously been the subject of scholarly analysis. The writers discussed include: Ernst Augustin, Jurek Becker, Hermann Burger, Brigitte Burmeister, Friedrich Christian Delius, Lilian Faschinger, Gunter Grass, Peter Handke, Christoph Hein, Wolfgang Hildesheimer, Rolf Hochhuth, Bernd-Dieter Huge, Alexander Kluge, Franz Xaver Kroetz, Reiner Kunze, Monika Maron, Heiner Muller, Sten Nadolny, Christoph Ransmayr, Gerhard Roth, W.G. Sebald, Verena Stefan, Gabriele Stotzer, Peter Wawerzinek, Ulrich Woelk." |