Transitions Emerging Women Writers in German-language Literature

This volume introduces ten emerging voices in German-language literature by women. Their texts speak to the diverse modalities of transition that characterise society and culture in the twenty-first century, such as the adaptation to evolving political and social conditions in a newly united Germany...

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Autor principal: Heffernan, Valerie (-)
Otros Autores: Mathews, Timothy, Obradovic, Dragana
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Editions Rodopi 2013.
Colección:German monitor.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b29229108*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Trends and Transitions in Contemporary German-languageWriting by Women; The Re-Construction and Deconstruction of a FamilyNarrative: Eva Menasse's Vienna; No Place like Home? Eleonora Hummel and the RussianGerman Past; Perspectives on the Borderline: Julia Franck's Lagerfeuer; Sewing an Account of Oneself: Materiality, Femininity, andGermanness in Larissa Boehning's Lichte Stoffe; Jenny Erpenbeck and the Life of Things; New-Economy Zombies: Kathrin Röggla's wir schlafennicht.
  • Illness, Creativity and Self-Discovery in Lea Gottheil'sSommervogelWriting on the Threshold: Memory, Language and Identityin Kathrin Schmidt's Du stirbst nicht; Politicising Desire in Juli Zeh's Spieltrieb; Cartographies of Self: Ilma Rakusa's AutobiographicalNarrativeMehr Meer. Erinnerungspassagen; Notes on Contributors; Index.