W.G. Sebald's hybrid poetics : literature as historiography /
W.G. Sebald's status as one of the most significant German-language authors of the 20th century is rooted in his quest for historical truth beyond 'facts'. Through an in-depth analysis of Sebald's œuvre, this book proposes a new paradigm of literature as historiography that moves...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin ; Boston :
De Gruyter,
©2014.
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Colección: | Interdisciplinary German cultural studies ;
v. 14. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction. Why W.G. Sebald
- Chapter 1. Literature as Historiography in Context
- Chapter 2. Conscious Historiography and the Writer's Conscience
- Chapter 3. What is (in) an Image? Mimesis, Representability, and Visual History
- Chapter 4. Chronology and Coincidence in the Narrative Cosmos
- Chapter 5. Witness and Testimony in Literary Memory
- Chapter 6. Translation as Metaphor and Conservative Innovation
- Conclusion. Panoramic Outlook
- Bibliography of W.G. Sebalds Primary Works and of Works Cited
- Name Index
- Subject Index.