Thomas Bernhard : the making of an Austrian

Thomas Bernhard : the making of an Austrian / Gitta Honegger.

Thomas Bernhard (1931-1989), a literary figure of international acclaim and arguably Austria's greatest post-World War II writer, became the first of his generation to expose unrelentingly his country's pathological denial of complicity in the Holocaust. Bernhard's writings and indeed...

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Main Author: Honegger, Gitta, 1942-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, ©2001.
Subjects:
Bernhard, Thomas.
Bernhard, Thomas
1900-1999
Authors, Austrian > 20th century > Biography.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > German.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Authors, Austrian
Biographies
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1. Fool on the Hill: Thomas Bernhardâ€?s Mise-en-ScÃ?ne
  • Chapter 2. In Search of Family
  • Chapter 3. The Construction of Origin
  • Chapter 4. The Staging of Kinship
  • Chapter 5. Fatherland/Motherâ€?s Body
  • Chapter 6. Native Son: Is It a Comedy? Is It a Tragedy?
  • Chapter 7. Playing Against: An Austrian Maverick in the German Theater of Guilt
  • Chapter 8. Writing Wittgenstein: Thinking in Action
  • Chapter 9. Self-Projections/Self-Reflections
  • Chapter 10. Theatermacher: Plays and Histrionics
  • Chapter 11. Stand-Up Writer
  • Chapter 12. Questions of GeniusChapter 13. The Staging of a Nation
  • Epilogue: The Drama of the Will
  • Chronology
  • Notes
  • Illustration Credits
  • Illustrations 1
  • Illustrations 2
  • Index

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