Poetics of passage : Christa Wolf, time, and narrative / by Heike Polster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Polster, Heike, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wolf, Christa--Criticism and interpretation.

Wolf, Christa.

Time in literature.

History in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (131 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Following German writer Christa Wolf's death in December 2011, the scholarly interest that her work had generated over four decades now culminates in the question of her literary and cultural legacy. Throughout her long writing career, Christa Wolf often pointed to generational differences, and asked questions about historical experiences specific to the period's contemporaries. The Poetics of Passage discusses the experience of time and history, and their representation as two of the late au...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FORWARD; CHAPTER ONE - TALES OF TIME: NARRATIVE, SELF, AND TIME; CHAPTER TWO - BEYOND DURÉE: CHRISTA WOLF AND ANNA SEGHERS; CHAPTER THREE - WRITING OUT OF TIME: TEMPORAL SUSPENSION; CHAPTER FOUR - THE PAST: STORIES AND HISTORIES; CONCLUSION - TOWARDS HETEROCHRONICITY; WORKS CITED

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 26, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-6501-X

OCLC:

885123201