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  • History Of German Literatureby Wolfgang Beutin; Klaus Ehler

    Taylor & Francis 1993; US$ 215.00

    A classic work in its first translation into English. The volume traces the development of German literature from the Middle Ages to the present day. It is both a scholarly study and an invaluable reference work for students. more...

  • Norwegian Women's Writing 1850-1990by Janet Garton

    Continuum International Publishing 2004; US$ 160.00

    Volume One in a new series, this book covers Norwegian women's writing over the last 150 years, setting literary developments against the background of the emergence and growth of the women's movement in Norway. The work is divided chronologically into three sections: the period up to 1913, when the universal suffrage was granted; the period from 1913 to 1960, a time of stagnation in the women's movement, with little involvement in contemporary political, social and economic debates; and the period from 1960 to the present day, which has seen an increasing participation of women in public life. Chapters on individual authors concentrate on the images of the women portrayed and investigate the conflicts behind the text - the tensions... more...

  • German Literature Through Nazi Eyes (RLE Responding to Fascism)by G H Atkins

    Taylor & Francis 2010; US$ 103.95

    In German Literature Through Nazi Eyes, H.G. Atkins gives an account of how the Nazis undertook a re-evaluation of German literature, making it sub-ordinate to their own interests. All reference to Jewish writers and influence was virtually eliminated, and key writers such as Goethe and Lessing were re-interpreted. What was left was a military history that was avowedly militant and propagandist. more...

  • Die kürzeste Geschichte der deutschen Literaturby Hermann Kurzke

    C.H. Beck 2010; US$ 12.86

    Hauptbeschreibung Hermann Kurzke ist nicht nur ein Spezialist für Thomas Mann, Kirchenlieder und Kulturchristentum, sondern ein Essayist von Graden. Aus dem Plan zu einer großen Literaturgeschichte entstand vorerst eine kleine, persönliche: Kurzkes Kanon betitelt, und schließlich, noch weiter verdichtet, Die kürzeste Geschichte der deutschen Literatur . Sie ist die Bildungsgeschichte ihres Autors, aber zugleich wie beiläufig ein Ausschnitt der Bildungsgeschichte der deutschen Nation. Der Bogen reicht von Goethe, Novalis und Büchner über Bertolt Brecht und Thomas Mann, Ernst Jünger und Reinhold Schneider bis zu Günter Grass und Martin Walser. Der Ton dieser Prosa ist pointiert, exakt und... more...

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