A first-ever paperback edition. A rich and highly readable analysis of the literary scene in the German-speaking countries by an outstanding American scholar. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book.
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From its fiery beginnings in war and holocaust, modern German literature became the mediator of memory and radical questioning. This broad but scholarly survey is both knowledgeable and concise regarding crucial influences and origins, such as Group 47. Most valuable is the special attention given such important writers as Heinrich Boll, Gunter Grass, Max Frisch, Peter Handke, Christa Wolf, Gabriele Wohmann, and Peter Weiss, whose recurring themesthe tyranny of the establishment; the dehumanization of industrial society; the search for self-realization; questions of time, being, freedom, and evil; and the abuses, limits, and possibilities of languageare elucidated. A substantial resource for understanding German literature. Carol J. Lichtenberg, Washington State Univ. Lib., Pullman
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Peter Demetz is a contributor for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt titles including After The Fires.
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