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6%OFFKatrin Kohl (Ed.) - History of Austrian Literature 1918-2000 - 9781571134783 - V9781571134783
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History of Austrian Literature 1918-2000

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Description for History of Austrian Literature 1918-2000 Paperback.
New essays examine 20th-c. Austrian literature in relation to history, politics, and popular culture. 20th-century Austrian literature boasts many outstanding writers: Schnitzler, Musil, Rilke, Kraus, Celan, Canetti, Bernhard, Jelinek. These and others feature in broader accounts of German literature, but it is desirable to see how the Austrian literary scene -- and Austrian society itself -- shaped their writing. This volume thus surveys Austrian writers of drama, prose fiction, and lyric poetry; relates them to the distinctive history of modern Austria,a democratic republic that was overtaken by civil war and authoritarian rule, absorbed into Nazi Germany, and re-established as ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
366
Place of Publication
Columbia, MD, United States
ISBN
9781571134783
SKU
V9781571134783
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About Katrin Kohl (Ed.)
Katrin Kohl is a Lecturer in German and a Fellow of Jesus College at the University of Oxford. Ritchie Robertson is a Professor of German and a Fellow of St. John's College at the University of Oxford.

Reviews for History of Austrian Literature 1918-2000
The Kohl-Robertson volume should definitely be on the 'must-purchase' list of any university library. Beyond that, German Studies departments would be well advised to put the title on their graduate students' reading lists....
MODERN LANGUAGE REVIEW
This lucid, informative collection offers students and scholars of Austrian Studies an immensely useful and insightful resource.
GERMAN STUDIES REVIEW
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