Historical Dictionary Of Postwar German Literature (historical Dictionaries Of Literature And The Arts)
by William Grange /
2009 / English / PDF
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Some authors strongly criticized attempts to rebuild a German
literary culture in the aftermath of World War II, while others
actively committed themselves to "dealing with the German past."
There are writers in Austria and Switzerland that find other
contradictions of contemporary life troubling, while some find them
funny or even worth celebrating. German postwar literature has, in
the minds of some observers, developed a kind of split personality.
In view of the traumatic monstrosities of the previous century that
development may seem logical to some.
Some authors strongly criticized attempts to rebuild a German
literary culture in the aftermath of World War II, while others
actively committed themselves to "dealing with the German past."
There are writers in Austria and Switzerland that find other
contradictions of contemporary life troubling, while some find them
funny or even worth celebrating. German postwar literature has, in
the minds of some observers, developed a kind of split personality.
In view of the traumatic monstrosities of the previous century that
development may seem logical to some.
The
TheHistorical Dictionary of Postwar German Literature
Historical Dictionary of Postwar German Literature is
devoted to modern literature produced in the German language,
whether from Germany, Austria, Switzerland or writers using German
in other countries. This volume covers an extensive period of time,
beginning in 1945 at what was called "zero hour" for German
literature and proceeds into the 21st century, concluding in 2008.
This is done through a list of acronyms and abbreviations, a
chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of
cross-referenced dictionary entries on writers, such as Nobel
Prize-winners Heinrich Böll, Günter Grass, Elias Canetti, Elfriede
Jelinek, and W. G. Sebald. There are also entries on individual
works, genres, movements, literary styles, and forms.
is
devoted to modern literature produced in the German language,
whether from Germany, Austria, Switzerland or writers using German
in other countries. This volume covers an extensive period of time,
beginning in 1945 at what was called "zero hour" for German
literature and proceeds into the 21st century, concluding in 2008.
This is done through a list of acronyms and abbreviations, a
chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of
cross-referenced dictionary entries on writers, such as Nobel
Prize-winners Heinrich Böll, Günter Grass, Elias Canetti, Elfriede
Jelinek, and W. G. Sebald. There are also entries on individual
works, genres, movements, literary styles, and forms.