German culture and the uncomfortable past : representations of national socialism in contemporary Germanic literature / edited by Helmut Schmitz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schmitz, Helmut.

Series:

Warwick studies in the humanities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

German literature--20th century--History and criticism.

German literature.

National socialism in literature.

Nationalism and literature--Germany.

Nationalism and literature.

Germany.

Physical Description:

vi, 184 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Aldershot ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, [2001]

Contents:

Literary Portrayals of National Socialism in Post-Unification German Literature / Bill Niven 11

Views of History, Views of the State: Gunter Grass and the German Past / Julian Preece 29

'Deutsche Geschichte darf auch einmal gutgehen': Martin Walser, Auschwitz, and the 'German Question' from Ehen in Philippsburg to Ein springender Brunnen / Stuart Taberner 45

'Das korsakowsche Syndrom': Remembrance and Responsibility in W.G. Sebald / Arthur Williams 65

'Die Ungnade der spaten Geburt?' The Theme of National Socialism in Recent Novels by Bernhard Schlink and Klaus Modick / Stuart Parkes 87

Elisabeth Reichart's Nachtmar - The Enduring Nightmare of Austria in the 1990s / Juliet Wigmore 103

Soundscapes of the Third Reich Marcel Beyer's Flughunde / Helmut Schmitz 119

Of Death, Kitsch and Melancholia: Aimee und Jaguar: 'Eine Liebesgeschichte, Berlin 1943' or 'Eine Liebe gro[beta]er als der Tod'? / Anna M. Parkinson 143

Journey to an Unknown Destination: Gudrun Pausewang's Transgressive Teenage Novel Reise im August / Susan Tebbutt 165.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0754601129

OCLC:

46508018