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Max Frisch, with his countryman Friederich Diirrenmatt, shares the place of eminence in contemporary Swiss literature. Indeed, he ranks high among the recent leading writers in the German language. But, although several of his works -- novels and plays -- have been translated into English, he remains little known in America. In this collection of essays an international group of scholars provides a fresh introduction to this noted author. The three leading essays review Frisch's work in the forms he has used most extensively -- drama, narrative fiction, and the personal diary. The remaining nine essays focus on specific works or topics. Among the works examined are I'm Not Stiller, A Wilderness of Mirrors, Wilhelm Tell, and the recent Man in the Holocene. Among the topics are Frisch's use of language and images, his treatment of women, and the element of parody. Concluding the volume is the most complete bibliography on Frisch to appear in English to date.

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May be read with profit by the general public and by Frisch Scholars. -- <i>German Quarterly</i></p>

May be read with profit by the general public and by Frisch Scholars. -- German Quarterly

-May be read with profit by the general public and by Frisch Scholars.- -- German Quarterly May be read with profit by the general public and by Frisch Scholars. -- German Quarterly May be read with profit by the general public and by Frisch Scholars. -- German Quarterly

May be read with profit by the general public and by Frisch Scholars. -- German Quarterly

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Gerhard F. Probst is professor of German at Transylvania University and is also on the faculty of the Technische Universitat (West Berlin). Jay F. Bodine is assistant professor in the department of foreign languages and literatures at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.

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