Underworlds of Memory : W. G. Sebald's Epic Journeys through the Past /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Itkin, Alan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sebald, W. G. > (Winfried Georg), > 1944-2001.
Sebald, W. G. > (Winfried Georg), > 1944-2001 > Criticism and interpretation.
Memory in literature.
German literature > Jewish authors.
Epic literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Memoire dans la litterature.
Litterature epique > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
German literature > Jewish authors > History and criticism.
Epic literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Sebald's modern epics
  • Katabasis : space and memory
  • Classical underworlds as spaces of memory
  • Sebald's underworlds of memory
  • Ekphrasis : history and representation
  • Staging poetic theory in encounters with works of art
  • "A synoptic and artificial view"
  • Nostos : exile and closure
  • Exile as a disturbance of memory
  • Sebald's epics without homecoming
  • Conclusion. Epic today.

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