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Contemporary German Fiction: Writing in the Berlin Republic

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Contemporary German Fiction: Writing in the Berlin Republic
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Stuart Taberner
SeriesCambridge Studies in German
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:266
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreLiterary studies - from c 1900 -
ISBN/Barcode 9780521174046
ClassificationsDewey:833.91409
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 3 March 2011
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The profound political and social changes Germany has undergone since 1989 have been reflected in an extraordinarily rich range of contemporary writing. Contemporary German Fiction focuses on the debates that have shaped the politics and culture of the new Germany that has emerged from the second half of the 1990s onwards and offers the first comprehensive account of key developments in German literary fiction within their social and historical context. Each chapter begins with an overview of a central theme, such as East German writing, West German writing, writing on the Nazi past, writing by women and writing by ethnic minorities. The authors discussed include Gunter Grass, Ingo Schulze, Judith Hermann, Christa Wolf, Christian Kracht and Zafer Senocak. These informative and accessible readings build up a clear picture of the central themes and stylistic concerns of the best writers working in Germany today.

Reviews

Review of the hardback: '... the volume provides a keen schematic of the literary scene in Germany and brings together themes which, in dialogue with one another, amount to more than the sum of their parts.' Curtis Swope, Monatshefte