German literature in a new century : trends, traditions, transitions, transformations

German literature in a new century : trends, traditions, transitions, transformations / edited by Katharina Gerstenberger and Patricia Herminghouse.

While the first decade after the fall of the Berlin wall was marked by the challenges of unification and the often difficult process of reconciling East and West German experiences, many Germans expected that the "new century" would achieve "normalization." The essays in this vol...

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Other Authors: Gerstenberger, Katharina, 1961-, Herminghouse, Patricia
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2008.
Subjects:
1900-2099
German literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
German literature > 21st century > History and criticism.
German literature > Europe, German-speaking > History and criticism.
German literature > Appreciation > Europe, German-speaking.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > German.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
German literature
German literature > Appreciation
Intellectual life
Europe, German-speaking > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Europe, German-speaking > Intellectual life > 21st century.
United States > Intellectual life > 20th century.
United States > Intellectual life > 21st century.
German-speaking Europe
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Title page-German Literature in a New Century; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I-Trends; Chapter 1-The litarary public sphere; Chapter 2-Intellectuals in the public sphere; Chapter 3-'Literatur Findet ... Nicht Nur Auf Papier Statt"; Chapter 4-The Deutsches Literaturinstitut Leipzig and the Making of an Author; Part II-Traditions; Chapter 5-Degrees of History in Contemporary German Narratives; Chapter 6-Luftkrieg Revisited; Chapter 7-An Aesthetics of Memory for third-generation Germans; Chapter 8-The continuation of countermemory; Part III-Transitions.
  • Chapter 9-A Path of Poetic PotentialsChapter 10-Performing GDR in Poetry?; Chapter 11-Feridum Zaimoglu's Performance of Gender and Authorship; Part IV-Transformations; Chapter 12-From Frauenliteratur to Frauenliteraturbetrieb; Chapter 13-Social Alienation and Gendered Surveillance; Chapter 14-Small Stories; Chapter 15-The young author as public intellectual; Contributors; Index.

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