The Political Psychology of the White Collar Worker in Martin Walser's Novels - Oswald, Franz
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This study evaluates the reception of Martin Walser's novels by critics and reviewers between 1957 and 1978 in West Germany, East Germany, Britain and the USA. It demonstrates the connection between the aesthetic responses and the political positions of the critics. The novel Jenseits der Liebe is identified as both a turning point in Walser's development and as a case of inconsistent reception by critics. Walser's treatment of the political psychology of the salaried employee with its deep loyalty conflicts disturbed the critics more profoundly than the identity problems of his earlier and later heroes.…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
This study evaluates the reception of Martin Walser's novels by critics and reviewers between 1957 and 1978 in West Germany, East Germany, Britain and the USA. It demonstrates the connection between the aesthetic responses and the political positions of the critics. The novel Jenseits der Liebe is identified as both a turning point in Walser's development and as a case of inconsistent reception by critics. Walser's treatment of the political psychology of the salaried employee with its deep loyalty conflicts disturbed the critics more profoundly than the identity problems of his earlier and later heroes.
Autorenporträt
The Author: Franz Oswald was born in 1947 in Pilsting, Germany; he completed the Staatsexamen in Tübingen (German; Politics), emigrated to Australia in 1979, and gained a Ph.D. from Murdoch University (Western Australia). He is currently a Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics at Curtin University of Technology (Western Australia) and has published extensively on German and Australian politics.