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Killing Time
Jennifer Marston William
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Description for Killing Time
Hardback. Num Pages: 257 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 170 x 19. Weight in Grams: 517.
This monograph explores how seven prominent German and Austrian novelists of the twentieth century—Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann, Anna Seghers, Uwe Johnson, Ingeborg Bachmann, Wolfgang Hilbig, and Marlene Steeruwitz—conveyed their literary figures' time spent waiting. By presenting states of waiting as emblematic of human existence in the turbulent twentieth century, these writers criticized hierarchical power structures in various historical contexts. Killing Time presents fresh readings of seven German-language novels, while providing insights into how and why German and Austrian writers repeatedly turned to the waiting motif to expose the injustices inherent in interpersonal, political, and social hierarchies. In investigating the treatment ... Read more
This monograph explores how seven prominent German and Austrian novelists of the twentieth century—Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann, Anna Seghers, Uwe Johnson, Ingeborg Bachmann, Wolfgang Hilbig, and Marlene Steeruwitz—conveyed their literary figures' time spent waiting. By presenting states of waiting as emblematic of human existence in the turbulent twentieth century, these writers criticized hierarchical power structures in various historical contexts. Killing Time presents fresh readings of seven German-language novels, while providing insights into how and why German and Austrian writers repeatedly turned to the waiting motif to expose the injustices inherent in interpersonal, political, and social hierarchies. In investigating the treatment ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
Number of Pages
257
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611483369
SKU
V9781611483369
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About Jennifer Marston William
Jennifer Marston William is associate professor and chair of German at Purdue University.
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