Ernestine Schlant

The Language of Silence

West German Literature and the Holocaust

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An analysis of West German literature as it tries to come to terms with the holocaust and its impact on post-war German society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 153mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 472g
• ISBN-13: 9780415922203
• ISBN-10: 0415922208
• Artikelnr.: 22227917

Autorenporträt

Ernestine Schlant is Professor of German at Montclair State University. She is author of Hermann Broch (1978) and editor of Legacies and Ambiguities: Postwar Fictionand Culture in West Germany and Japan (1986).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. The First Postwar Decade Heinrich Böll Wolfgang Koeppen 2.
Documentary Literature Alexander Kluge Günter Grass 3. Autobiographical
Novels Generational Discord 4. Autobiographical Novels Hans-Josef Ortheil
5. The War on the Eastern Front Hermann Lenz 6. Ruptures and Displacements
Gert Hofmann 7. Restitution of Personal Identity? Alfred Andersch Peter
Härtling Gert Hofmann 8. Speeches and Controversies 9. Post-Unification
Bernhard Schlink Peter Schneider W. G. Sebald Conclusion The Jewish
Presence in Germany The Institutionalization of the Holocaust