The German Novel and the Affluent Society / Wilfried van der Will, R. Hinton Thomas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

van der Will, Wilfried, Author.

Hinton Thomas, R., Author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

German fiction.

Literature and society--Germany.

Literature and society.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (189 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book comprises studies of six leading West German novelists, Gerd Gaiser, Wolfgang Koeppen, Heinrich Boll, Gunter Grass, Martin Walser and Uwe Johnson. The analysis of their work involves preoccupation with the social reality underlying their themes and attitudes, with the tension between the writer and society, with the writer as intellectual, and with the problem of commitment. Form and language are closely examined, often in connection with the predominant problem of identity and role-playing. These studies involve cross-references to other writers in and outside Germany, and serve also as the basis for the discussion of such matters as the writer's position in the pluralistic society and his relation to the mass-media, ideology and authority.

Contents:

Gerd Gaiser.

Wolfgang Koeppen.

Heinrich Böll.

Günter Grass.

Martin Walser.

Uwe Johnson.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

ISBN:

9781487574932

1487574932

OCLC:

1090912164