The representation of war in German literature : from 1800 to the present /

"The history of literature about war is marked by a fundamental paradox: although war forms the subject of countless novels, dramas, poems, and films, it is often conceived as indescribable. Even as many writers strive towards an ideal of authenticity, they maintain that no representation can d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Krimmer, Elisabeth, 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Temas:
Grass, Günter.
Jelinek, Elfriede.
Böll, Heinrich.
Jünger, Ernst.
Remarque, Erich Maria.
Handke, Peter.
Kleist, Heinrich von.
Schiller, Friedrich.
German literature > History and criticism.
War in literature.
Littérature allemande > Histoire et critique.
Guerre dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
German literature.
Krieg > Motiv
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars : overview
  • 3. War and the sublime : Schiller
  • 4. War and terror : Kleist
  • 5. The First World War : overview
  • 6. War and myth : Jünger
  • 7. War and the body : Remarque
  • 8. The Second World War : overview
  • 9. War and victimization : Böll
  • 10. War and accountability : Grass
  • 11. Yugoslavia and Iraq : overview
  • 12. War and peace : Handke
  • 13. War and the media : Jelinek
  • 14. Conclusion.

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