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Understanding Uwe Johnson (Understanding Modern European and Latin American Literature) [Hardcover]

Gary L. Baker (Author)

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Series: Understanding Modern European and Latin American Literature | Publication Date: May 1, 1999

Uwe Johnson is considered one of the most important postwar German authors, significant not only for his unique literary style and linguistic creativity but also for the thematic issues he addressed in his works. Johnson was the first German author to treat, in fiction, the division of Germany after the war. He explored its psychological, political, and cultural manifestations in a network of characters and places unmatched in complexity and authenticity. Understanding Uwe Johnson provides the reader with a comprehensive overview of this author's oeuvre, concentrating on his five most meaningful works: Ingrid Babendererde, Speculations about Jakob, The Third Book about Achim, Two Views, and Anniversaries: from the Life of Gesine Cresspahl. A chapter on Johnson's life relates his fiction to his scandalized existence in both Germanys, Great Britain, and the United States.

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Hardcover: 172 pages
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press (May 1, 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1570032823
ISBN-13: 978-1570032820
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,524,471 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Uwe Johnson's life and career as an author delineate themselves in his experience of the vagaries of German history and the myriad of issues that confronted the Germans after the Second World War. Read the first page

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invented persons, narrated time, socialist convictions, narrative stance, party doctrine

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East German, New York, West German, West Berlin, Ingrid Babendererde, Socialist Unity Party, Young Congregation, United States, Uwe Johnson, Second World War, East Berlin, Gesine Cresspahl, Heinrich Cresspahl, Soviet Union, Pius Siebmann, Red Army, Bernd Neumann, Free German Youth, German Democratic Republic, Berliner Stadtbahn, Low German, Vietnam War, Walter Ulbricht, Warsaw Pact, Bertolt Brecht

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This book cites 29 books:

Two Views by Uwe Johnson on 17 pages
Speculations About Jakob by Uwe Johnson on 9 pages
The Third Book About Achim by Uwe Johnson on 8 pages
Zwei Ansichten by Uwe Johnson on 6 pages
Berliner Sachen (Suhrkamp Taschenbuch ; 249) (German Edition) by Johnson on 4 pages

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