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OverviewThe nine essays in this volume deal with major achievements in the German novel since 1959. They range from the very well known, such as Brussig’s Helden wie wir, an extravagant treatment of life under the Stasi and the fall of the Berlin Wall, to the much more recondite, such as Hubert Fichte’s Detlevs Imitationen «Grünspan», one of the first, and most important, products of the abolition of the discrimination against gays in 1969. What is most surprising about this collection is that, in contrast to the majority of successful novels written in German before 1959, only one of these is by a clearly ‘West’ German author: Hubert Fichte. There is, by contrast, a surprising number who have their roots in the GDR (Plenzdorf, Wolf, Brussig, Schulze), or in Austria (Bachmann, Bernhard). This is also a period in which women writers emerge powerfully (Bachmann, Wolf, and Özdamar). Virtually all these novels aroused controversy in some quarters at the time of their publication, often for their treatment of semi-taboo, or at least uncomfortable, subject-matter. These essays, all by specialists in the relevant field, were originally delivered as lectures in the University of Cambridge. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Peter Hutchinson , Michael MindenPublisher: Verlag Peter Lang Imprint: Verlag Peter Lang Edition: New edition Volume: 47 Dimensions: Width: 15.00cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.00cm Weight: 0.270kg ISBN: 9783039115662ISBN 10: 3039115669 Pages: 168 Publication Date: 17 December 2009 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsContents: Peter Hutchinson/Michael Minden: Introduction – J. J. Long: Bernhard, Frost – Stephanie Bird: Bachmann, Malina – Robert Gillett: Fichte, Detlevs Imitationen «Grünspan» – Peter Hutchinson: Plenzdorf, Die neuen Leiden des jungen W. – Elisabeth Boa: Wolf, Kindheitsmuster – Margaret Littler: Özdamar, Das Leben ist eine Karawanserei – Carolin Duttlinger: Sebald, Austerlitz – Osman Durrani: Brussig, Helden wie wir – David Midgley: Schulze, Neue Leben.ReviewsAuthor InformationThe Editors: Peter Hutchinson is Reader in German at the University of Cambridge and Director of Studies in Modern Languages at Trinity Hall. Michael Minden is Senior Lecturer in German at the University of Cambridge and President of Jesus College. Both have published widely on German literature from the eighteenth century to the present day. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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