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German Life Writing in the Twentieth Century
Birgit Dahlke (Ed.)
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Description for German Life Writing in the Twentieth Century
Hardcover.
Combines an overview of academic approaches to "life writing" with case studies from crucial periods of twentieth-century German history. Life writing, a genre classification increasingly accepted among scholars of literature and other disciplines, encompasses not just autobiography and biography, but also memoirs, diaries, letters, and interviews. Whether produced as events unfolded or long after the event, all forms of life writing are attempts by individuals to make sense of their experiences. In many such texts, the authors reassess their lives against the background of a broader public debate about the past. This book of essays examines German life writing ... Read more
Combines an overview of academic approaches to "life writing" with case studies from crucial periods of twentieth-century German history. Life writing, a genre classification increasingly accepted among scholars of literature and other disciplines, encompasses not just autobiography and biography, but also memoirs, diaries, letters, and interviews. Whether produced as events unfolded or long after the event, all forms of life writing are attempts by individuals to make sense of their experiences. In many such texts, the authors reassess their lives against the background of a broader public debate about the past. This book of essays examines German life writing ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
Number of Pages
222
Place of Publication
Columbia, MD, United States
ISBN
9781571133137
SKU
V9781571133137
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Ref
99-1
About Birgit Dahlke (Ed.)
Dennis Tate is professor of German Literature at the University of Bath.
Reviews for German Life Writing in the Twentieth Century
[A] very interesting volume of essays . . . . [S]ucceeds in being more than the sum of its parts and offers a range of useful models for analyzing life-writing.
MODERN LANGUAGE REVIEW
The contributors take a nuanced approach . . . and the results are substantive and worthwhile, especially for anyone interested in the historiography in the ... Read more
MODERN LANGUAGE REVIEW
The contributors take a nuanced approach . . . and the results are substantive and worthwhile, especially for anyone interested in the historiography in the ... Read more