German literature in a new century : trends, traditions, transitions, transformations /: trends, traditions, transitions, transformations. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Katharina Gerstenberger and Patricia Herminghouse.
• Other Names: Gerstenberger, Katharina, 1961-; Herminghouse, Patricia
• 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.
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 300 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 830.9/0092; 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; Literature; 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; Europe, German-speaking; United States; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781845458669; 1845458664
• Related ISBNs: 9781845455477
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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