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  1. Dimensions of storytelling in German literature and beyond
    "for once, telling it all from the beginning"
    Autor*in:
    Erschienen: 2018
    Verlag:  Camden House, Rochester, New York

    Zusammenfassung: "While Walter Benjamin, in his famous essay "The Storyteller" (1936), lamented the decline of the storytelling tradition in the age of the modernist novel, Anna Seghers and other twentieth-century German writers went on to chronicle... mehr

     

    Zusammenfassung: "While Walter Benjamin, in his famous essay "The Storyteller" (1936), lamented the decline of the storytelling tradition in the age of the modernist novel, Anna Seghers and other twentieth-century German writers went on to chronicle the century's darkest days in creative and compelling ways. This volume is at its heart a tribute to Germanist Helen Fehervary, whose work, particularly on the prose of Anna Seghers, continues to inspire scholars who examine narration and storytelling. The subtitle quotation, "for once, telling it all from the beginning," is a translation of the phrase "einmal alles von Anfang an erzählen," from Seghers's exile novel Transit, in which she told not only her own story but that of countless others who faced existential challenges in their attempts to escape the Nazi regime. This volume examines a number of such writers, exploring the tensions between aesthetics and politically conscious writing, as well as individual struggles involving conformity and resistance in a totalitarian state"--(Provided by publisher.)

     
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    Beteiligt: Boney, Kristy R. (Herausgeber); William, Jennifer (Herausgeber)
    Sprache: Englisch
    Medientyp: Buch (Monographie)
    Format: Druck
    ISBN: 9781640140400; 1640140409
    Weitere Identifier:
    40028847105
    Schriftenreihe: Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture
    Schlagworte: Deutsch; Literatur; Erzählen
    Weitere Schlagworte: (fast)1900-1999; (lcsh)German literature--20th century--History and criticism.; (lcsh)Storytelling in literature.; (fast)German literature.; (fast)Storytelling in literature.; (fast)Criticism, interpretation, etc
    Umfang: vii, 280 Seiten, Illustrationen, 24 cm
  2. Anxious journeys
    twenty-first-century travel writing in German
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    Erschienen: [2019]
    Verlag:  Camden House, Rochester, New York

    The rich contemporary literature of travel has been the focus of numerous recent publications in English that seek to understand how travel narratives, with their distinctive representations of identities, places, and cultures, respond to today's... mehr

     

    The rich contemporary literature of travel has been the focus of numerous recent publications in English that seek to understand how travel narratives, with their distinctive representations of identities, places, and cultures, respond to today's globalized, high-speed world characterized by the dual mass movements of tourism and migration. Yet a corresponding cutting-edge discussion of twenty-first-century travel writing in German has until now been missing. The fourteen essays in Anxious Journeys redress this situation. They analyze texts by leading authors such as Felicitas Hoppe, Christoph Ransmayr, Julie Zeh, Navid Kermani, Judith Schalansky, Ilija Trojanow, and others, as well as topics such as Turkish-German travelogues and the relationship of comics to travel writing. The volume examines how writers engage with classic tropes of travel writing and how they react to the current sense of crisis and belatedness. It also links travel to ongoing debates about the role of the nation, mass migration, and the European project, as well as to Germany's place in the larger world order.

     
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    Beteiligt: Baumgartner, Karin (Herausgeber); Shafi, Monika (Herausgeber)
    Sprache: Englisch
    Medientyp: Buch (Monographie)
    Format: Druck
    ISBN: 9781640140110; 1640140115
    Schriftenreihe: Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture
    Schlagworte: Deutsch; Reiseliteratur
    Weitere Schlagworte: (lcsh)Travel in literature.; (lcsh)Tourism in literature.; (lcsh)Travelers' writings, German--History and criticism.; (lcsh)German prose literature--21st century--History and criticism.; (fast)Travel in literature.; (fast)Travel writing.; (fast)Travelers' writings, German.; (fast)Germany.; (fast)Criticism, interpretation, etc
    Umfang: viii, 276 Seiten, llustrationen, 24 cm
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  3. Eardrums
    literary modernism as sonic warfare
    Autor*in: Whitney, Tyler
    Erschienen: [2019]
    Verlag:  Northwestern University Press, Evanston, Illinois

    Zusammenfassung: "In this innovative study, Tyler Whitney demonstrates how a transformation and militarization of the civilian soundscape in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries left indelible traces on the literature that defined the... mehr

     

    Zusammenfassung: "In this innovative study, Tyler Whitney demonstrates how a transformation and militarization of the civilian soundscape in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries left indelible traces on the literature that defined the period. Both formally and thematically, the modernist aesthetics of Franz Kafka, Robert Musil, Detlev von Liliencron, and Peter Altenberg drew on this blurring of martial and civilian soundscapes in traumatic and performative repetitions of war. At the same time, Richard Huelsenbeck assaulted audiences in Zurich with his "sound poems," which combined references to World War I, colonialism, and violent encounters in urban spaces with nonsensical utterances and linguistic detritus--all accompanied by the relentless beating of a drum on the stage of the Cabaret Voltaire. "Eardrums" is the first book-length study to explore the relationship between acoustical modernity and German modernism, charting a literary and cultural history written in and around the eardrum. The result is not only a new way of understanding the sonic impulses behind key literary texts from the period. It also outlines an entirely new approach to the study of literature as as the interaction of text and sonic practice, voice and noise, which will be of interest to scholars across literary studies, media theory, sound studies, and the history of science"--Provided by publisher.

     
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  4. Goethe's Faust I
    the making and impact of a contemporary performance
    Autor*in:
    Erschienen: [2016]
    Verlag:  Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne

    In March 2014, the University of Delaware's Resident Ensemble Players staged the first Part of Goethe's Faust, adapted and directed by Heinz-Uwe Haus, which forms the centrepiece and raison d'etre of this book. This book tracks the creative process... mehr

     

    In March 2014, the University of Delaware's Resident Ensemble Players staged the first Part of Goethe's Faust, adapted and directed by Heinz-Uwe Haus, which forms the centrepiece and raison d'etre of this book. This book tracks the creative process of Haus's adaptation of the play and his attempts to elicit responses from his international networks to his question: how is Goethe's Faust relevant today? It brings together comments from stage and costume designers as they brought their own creativity and understanding of the audience to bear on the play, and presents a brief record of the production itself, through stage directions and the photography of Bill Browning. The book then explores the reactions the production has elicited amongst some of its audience

     
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    Beteiligt: Haus, Heinz-Uwe (Herausgeber); Lovell, David W. (Mitwirkender)
    Sprache: Englisch
    Medientyp: Buch (Monographie)
    Format: Druck
    ISBN: 9781443897273; 1443897272
    Schlagworte: Aufführung
    Weitere Schlagworte: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832): Faust; (lcsh)Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.--Faust; (fast)Faust (Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von); (lcsh)German drama (Tragedy)--History and criticism; (fast)German drama (Tragedy); (fast)Criticism, interpretation, etc
    Umfang: vii, 164 Seiten, 10 ungezählte Seiten, Illustrationen, 22 cm
  5. They have all been healed
    reading Robert Walser
    Autor*in: Plug, Jan
    Erschienen: [2016]
    Verlag:  Northwestern University Press, Evanston, Illinois

    Zusammenfassung: In perhaps the most provocative reading to date of the Swiss German modernist Robert Walser, Walter Benjamin asserted that Walser's figures "have all been healed." They Have All Been Healed takes up and extends Benjamin's assessment... mehr

     

    Zusammenfassung: In perhaps the most provocative reading to date of the Swiss German modernist Robert Walser, Walter Benjamin asserted that Walser's figures "have all been healed." They Have All Been Healed takes up and extends Benjamin's assessment by following the figure of healing throughout major works by Walser, from his minidrama Snow White and his acknowledged masterpieces The Walk and Jakob von Gunten to his enigmatic last novel, The Robber. At the same time, Jan Plug reads Walser alongside his most compelling readers, tracing how not only Benjamin but also Giorgio Agamben, W G. Sebald, and the Brothers Quay complicate, clarify, and enact that same process of healing in their own work. Working out the theological implications of Walser's work and of the tradition to which he gives rise, Plug at once recasts one of the major authors of the twentieth century and articulates a new conception of healing and salvation

     
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  6. Archaeologies of modernity
    avant-garde Bildung
    Autor*in: Rumold, Rainer
    Erschienen: [2015]
    Verlag:  Northwestern University Press, Evanston, Illinois

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  7. Image in outline
    reading Lou Andreas-Salomé
    Autor*in: Brinker-Gabler, Gisela
    Erschienen: 2014
    Verlag:  Bloomsbury, New York

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    Quelle: Verbundkataloge
    Sprache: Englisch
    Medientyp: Buch (Monographie)
    Format: Druck
    ISBN: 9781628920178
    DDC Klassifikation: Literaturen germanischer Sprachen; Deutsche Literatur (830)
    Auflage/Ausgabe: Paperback ed
    Schriftenreihe: New directions in German studies ; vol. 6
    Schlagworte: Andreas-Salomé, Lou;
    Weitere Schlagworte: Andreas-Salomé, Lou (1861-1937); (lcsh)Andreas-Salomé, Lou, 1861-1937--Criticism and interpretation; (fast)Andreas-Salomé, Lou, 1861-1937; (fast)Criticism, interpretation, etc
    Umfang: 165 Seiten, 22 cm
  8. Goethe's families of the heart
    Autor*in: Gustafson, Susan E.
    Erschienen: 2016
    Verlag:  Bloomsbury, New York

    "Throughout his literary work Goethe portrays characters who defy and reject Enlightenment ideals of the bourgeois family, notions of heritage, assumptions about biological connections, expectations about heterosexuality, and legal mandates... mehr

     

    "Throughout his literary work Goethe portrays characters who defy and reject Enlightenment ideals of the bourgeois family, notions of heritage, assumptions about biological connections, expectations about heterosexuality, and legal mandates concerning marriage. The questions Goethe's plays and novels pose are often modern and challenging: Do social conventions, family expectations, and legal mandates matter? Can two men or two women pair together and be parents? How many partners or parents should there be? Two? One? A group? Can parents love children not biologically related to them? Do biological parents always love their children? What is the nature of adoptive parents, children, and families? Ultimately, what is the fundamental essence of love and family? Gustafson demonstrates that Goethe's conception of the elective affinities is certainly not limited to heterosexual spouses or occasionally to men desiring men. A close analysis of Goethe's explication of affinities throughout his literary production reveals his rejection of loveless relationships (for example, arranged marriages) and his acceptance and promotion of all relationships formed through spontaneous affinities and love (including heterosexual, same-sex, bisexual, group, parental, and adoptive)"--(Provided by publisher.) "An analysis of all the radical love relationships (heterosexual, same-sex, bisexual, biological, and adoptive) that Goethe portrays throughout his literary works"--(Provided by publisher.)

     
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  9. Lyric orientations
    Hölderlin, Rilke, and poetics of community
    Autor*in: Eldridge, Hannah Vandegrift
    Erschienen: [2015]
    Verlag:  Cornell University Press and Cornell University Library, Ithaca, New York

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  10. Transnationalism in contemporary German-language literature
    Autor*in:
    Erschienen: 2015
    Verlag:  Camden House, Rochester, New York

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    Beteiligt: Herrmann, Elisabeth (Herausgeber); Smith-Prei, Carrie (Hrsg.); Taberner, Stuart (Hrsg.)
    Sprache: Englisch
    Medientyp: Buch (Monographie)
    Format: Druck
    ISBN: 9781571139252; 1571139257
    Weitere Identifier:
    9781571139252
    DDC Klassifikation: Literaturen germanischer Sprachen; Deutsche Literatur (830)
    Schriftenreihe: Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture
    Schlagworte: Deutsch; Literatur; Transnationalisierung <Motiv>; Weltbürgertum <Motiv>; Identität <Motiv>
    Weitere Schlagworte: (fast)2000 - 2099; (lcsh)German literature--21st century--History and criticism--Congresses; (lcsh)Transnationalism in literature--Congresses; (fast)German literature; (fast)Transnationalism in literature; (fast)Conference papers and proceedings; (fast)Criticism, interpretation, etc
    Umfang: viii, 284 Seiten, 24 cm
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    "The foundation for this volume was laid at a three-day-long seminar workshop entitled "Transnationalisms: Sexualities, Fantasies, and the World Beyond" that took place at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Conference of the German Studies Association in Denver, Colorado, October 3-6, 2013. Scholars from the United States, Canada, and Europe working in different fields and disciplines came together to debate fundamental questions regarding the form, concerns, and impact of German-language transnational literature today." - Acknowledgments. - Includes bibliographical references and index
  11. Rereading East Germany
    the literature and film of the GDR
    Autor*in:
    Erschienen: [2015]
    Verlag:  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

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    Beteiligt: Leeder, Karen (Herausgeber)
    Sprache: Englisch
    Medientyp: Buch (Monographie)
    Format: Druck
    ISBN: 9781107006362
    DDC Klassifikation: Literaturen germanischer Sprachen; Deutsche Literatur (830); Öffentliche Darbietungen, Film, Rundfunk (791)
    Schlagworte: Literatur; Film; Film; Literatur
    Weitere Schlagworte: (lcsh)German literature--Germany (East)--History and criticism; (lcsh)Motion pictures--Germany (East)--History; (fast)German literature; (fast)Literature; (fast)Motion pictures; (lcsh)Germany (East)--In literature; (fast)Germany (East); (fast)Criticism, interpretation, etc; (fast)History
    Umfang: 260 Seiten, Illustrationen, 24 cm
    Bemerkung(en):

    Includes bibliographical references and index
  12. Kafka and Wittgenstein
    the case for an analytic modernism
    Autor*in: Schuman, Rebecca
    Erschienen: [2015]
    Verlag:  Northwestern University Press, Evanston, Illinois

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  13. The Cambridge introduction to Franz Kafka
    Autor*in: Duttlinger, Carolin
    Erschienen: 2013
    Verlag:  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

    Zusammenfassung: Franz Kafka (1883-1924) is one of the most influential of modern authors, whose darkly fascinating novels and stories - where themes such as power, punishment and alienation loom large - have become emblematic of modern life. This... mehr

     

    Zusammenfassung: Franz Kafka (1883-1924) is one of the most influential of modern authors, whose darkly fascinating novels and stories - where themes such as power, punishment and alienation loom large - have become emblematic of modern life. This Introduction offers a clear and accessible account of Kafka's life, work and literary influence and overturns many myths surrounding them. His texts are in fact far more engaging, diverse, light-hearted and ironic than is commonly suggested by cliche;s of 'the Kafkaesque'. And, once explored in detail, they are less difficult and impenetrable than is often assumed. Through close analysis of their style, imagery and narrative perspective, Carolin Duttlinger aims to give readers the confidence to (re- )discover Kafka's works without constant recourse to the mantras of critical orthodoxy. In addition, she situates Kafka's texts within their wider cultural, historical and political contexts illustrating how they respond to the concerns of their age, and of our own

     
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    Format: Druck
    ISBN: 9780521760386
    Weitere Identifier:
    40022670796
    DDC Klassifikation: Literaturen germanischer Sprachen; Deutsche Literatur (830)
    Schriftenreihe: Cambridge introductions to literature
    Schlagworte: Kafka, Franz;
    Weitere Schlagworte: Kafka, Franz (1883-1924); Kafka, Franz (1883-1924); (lcsh)Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924--Criticism and interpretation; (fast)Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924; (fast)Criticism, interpretation, etc
    Umfang: xvii, 153 Seiten, Illustrationen, 24 cm
  14. German song onstage
    Lieder performance in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
    Autor*in:
    Erschienen: [2020]
    Verlag:  Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana

    Zusammenfassung: "A singer in an evening dress, a grand piano. A modest-sized audience, mostly well-dressed and silver-haired, equipped with translation booklets. A program consisting entirely of songs by one or two composers. This is the way of the... mehr

     

    Zusammenfassung: "A singer in an evening dress, a grand piano. A modest-sized audience, mostly well-dressed and silver-haired, equipped with translation booklets. A program consisting entirely of songs by one or two composers. This is the way of the Lieder recital these days. While it might seem that this style of performance is a long-standing tradition, German Song Onstage demonstrates that it is not. For much of the 19th century, the songs of Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, and Brahms were heard in the home, salon, and, no less significantly, on the concert platform alongside orchestral and choral works. A dedicated program was rare, a dedicated audience even more so. The Lied was a genre with both more private and more public associations than is commonly recalled. The contributors to this volume explore a broad range of venues, singers, and audiences in distinct places and time periods-including the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, and Germany-from the mid-19th century through the early 20th century. These historical case studies are set alongside reflections from a selection of today's leading musicians, offering insights on current Lied practices that will inform future generations of performers, scholars, and connoisseurs. Together these case studies unsettle narrow and elitist assumptions about what it meant and still means to present German song onstage by providing a transnational picture of historical Lieder performance, and opening up discussions about the relationship between history and performance today"--(Provided by publisher.)

     
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    Beteiligt: Loges, Natasha (Herausgeber); Tunbridge, Laura (Herausgeber)
    Sprache: Englisch
    Medientyp: Konferenzschrift
    Format: Druck
    ISBN: 9780253047007; 0253047005; 9780253047014; 0253047013
    Körperschaften/Kongresse: German song onstage 1770-1914 (2016, London)
    Schlagworte: Deutsch; Kunstlied; Aufführung; Aufführung; Deutsch; Kunstlied
    Weitere Schlagworte: (fast)1800-1999; (lcsh)Songs, German--19th century--History and criticism.; (lcsh)Songs, German--20th century--History and criticism.; (lcsh)Songs, German--Performances.; (fast)Songs, German.; (fast)Criticism, interpretation, etc
    Umfang: vii, 292 Seiten, Illustrationen, Notenbeispiele, 24 cm
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  15. Born under Auschwitz
    melancholy traditions in postwar German literature
    Autor*in: Cosgrove, Mary
    Erschienen: 2014
    Verlag:  Camden House, Rochester, NY

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  16. German narratives of belonging
    writing generation and place in the twenty-first century
    Autor*in: Shortt, Linda
    Erschienen: 2015
    Verlag:  Legenda, London

    Since unification, German culture has experienced a boom in discourses on generation, family and place. Linda Shortt reads this as symptomatic of a wider quest for belonging that mobilises attachment to counter the effects of post-modern... mehr

     

    Since unification, German culture has experienced a boom in discourses on generation, family and place. Linda Shortt reads this as symptomatic of a wider quest for belonging that mobilises attachment to counter the effects of post-modern deterritorialisation and globalisation. Investigating twenty-first century narratives of belonging by Reinhard Jirgl, Christoph Hein, Angelika Overath, Florian Illies, Juli Zeh, Stephan Wackwitz, Uwe Timm and Peter Schneider, Shortt examines how the desire to belong is repeatedly unsettled by disturbances of lineage and tradition. In this way, she combines an analysis of supermodernity with an enquiry into German memory contests on the National Socialist era, 1968 and 1989 that continue to shape identity in the Berlin Republic. Exploring a spectrum of narratives that range from agitated disavowals of place to romances of belonging, this study illuminates the topography of belonging in contemporary Germany

     
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  17. Women, emancipation and the German novel 1871-1910
    protest fiction in its cultural context
    Autor*in: Woodford, Charlotte
    Erschienen: 2014
    Verlag:  Legenda, London

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  18. Fontane and cultural mediation
    translation and reception in nineteenth-century German literature : essays in honour of Helen Chambers
    Autor*in: Robertson, Ritchie
    Erschienen: 2015
    Verlag:  Legenda, Cambridge

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    Beteiligt: Chambers, Helen (Gefeierter); White, Michael James, (editor)
    Sprache: Englisch; Deutsch
    Medientyp: Buch (Monographie)
    Format: Druck
    ISBN: 9781909662544
    DDC Klassifikation: Literaturen germanischer Sprachen; Deutsche Literatur (830)
    Schriftenreihe: Germanic literatures ; 8
    Schlagworte: Rezeption
    Weitere Schlagworte: Fontane, Theodor (1819-1898); (lcsh)Fontane, Theodor, 1819-1898--Criticism and interpretation; (fast)Fontane, Theodor, 1819-1898; (fast)1800-1899; (lcsh)German literature--19th century; (lcsh)German literature--19th century--Translations into English; (fast)German literature; (fast)Criticism, interpretation, etc; (fast)Translations
    Umfang: viii, 198 Seiten, Illustrationen, 26 cm
  19. Comedy and trauma in Germany and Austria after 1945
    the inner side of mourning
    Autor*in: Bird, Stephanie
    Erschienen: 2016
    Verlag:  Legenda, Cambridge

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  20. Sebald's bachelors
    queer resistance and the unconforming life
    Autor*in: Finch, Helen
    Erschienen: 2013
    Verlag:  Legenda, London

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  21. Goethe's visual world
    Autor*in: Currie, Pamela
    Erschienen: 2013
    Verlag:  Legenda, London

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  22. The near and distant god
    poetry, idealism and religious thought from Hölderlin to Eliot
    Autor*in: Cooper, Ian
    Erschienen: 2008
    Verlag:  Legenda, Modern Humanities Research Association and Maney Publishing, London

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  23. The truth of realism
    a reassessment of the German novel 1830-1900
    Autor*in: Walker, John
    Erschienen: 2011
    Verlag:  Legenda, Modern Humanities Research Association and Maney Publishing, London

  24. Traces of trauma in W.G. Sebald and Christoph Ransmayr
    Autor*in: Osborne, Dora
    Erschienen: 2013
    Verlag:  Legenda, London

    Zusammenfassung: Both W.G. Sebald (1944-2001) and the Austrian author Christoph Ransmayr (1954-) were born too late to know directly the violence of the Second World War and the Holocaust, but these traumatic events are a persistent presence in their... mehr

     

    Zusammenfassung: Both W.G. Sebald (1944-2001) and the Austrian author Christoph Ransmayr (1954-) were born too late to know directly the violence of the Second World War and the Holocaust, but these traumatic events are a persistent presence in their work. In a series of close readings of key prose texts, Dora Osborne examines the different ways in which the traces of a traumatic past mark their narratives. By focusing on the authors' use of visual and topographical tropes, she shows how blind spots and inhospitable places configure signs of past violence, but, ultimately, resist our understanding. Whilst links between the two authors are well-documented, this book offers the first full-length study of Sebald and Ransmayr and their complicated relation to the traumatic traces of National Socialism. - from book cover

     
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  25. Art and its uses in Thomas Mann's Felix Krull
    Autor*in: Schonfield, Ernest
    Erschienen: 2008
    Verlag:  Maney Publishing for the Modern Humanities Research Association, London

    Zusammenfassung: The turn of the twentieth century was a time of identity crisis for the upper and middle classes, one in which increased social mobility caused the blurring of traditional boundaries and created a need for reference works such as the... mehr

     

    Zusammenfassung: The turn of the twentieth century was a time of identity crisis for the upper and middle classes, one in which increased social mobility caused the blurring of traditional boundaries and created a need for reference works such as the British Who's Who (1897). At the same time, the rise of a new leisure industry and an increase in international travel led to a boom period for confidence men, who frequently operated in hotels and holiday resorts. Thomas Mann's Felix Krull, written between 1910-13 and continued (though never completed) in 1951-54, uses contemporary accounts of these figures as a starting-point from which to explore the aesthetics of society. The early Krull marks an important stage in Mann's development in a number of respects. In writing it, Mann acquired a more flexible conception of identity and a new understanding of the relation between artist and public. Krull also signals a deeper engagement with Goethe and a shift in Mann's work towards a more open treatment of sexuality. The novel presents art as being central to the development of the individual and to social interaction. While Krull is nominally a confidence man, he is more of a performance artist, a purveyor of beauty who relies upon the complicity of his audience. The later Krull takes up where Mann left off and continues the justification of art as an essential human activity. This study draws upon unpublished material in order to provide a comprehensive reading of Felix Krull. It examines the novel within the context of Mann's work as a whole, and, in doing so, it seeks to demonstrate the remarkable continuity of Mann's creative achievement

     
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