Pushing at Boundaries. Approaches to Contemporary German Women Writers from Karen Duve to Jenny Erpenbeck. - BARTEL, HEIKE|ELIZABETH BOA [EDS.].
Approaches to Contemporary German Women Writers from Karen Duve to Jenny Erpenbeck (German Monitor 64) (German Monitor)
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The opening chapters consider Karen Duve's work, including an excerpt from her latest novel 'Die entführte Prinzessin', a commentary by her translator Anthea Bell, and essays on her novel 'Regenroman', her take on West German youth culture in the 1980s in 'Dies ist kein Liebeslied' and explorations of the fairy tales and myths in all her novels and stories. Other writers compared with Duve or discussed independently include Anne Duden, Jenny Erpenbeck, Julia Franck, Michael Fritz, Kerstin Hensel, Julia Schoch, Malin Schwerdtfeger, and Maike Wetzel. A final essay explores Berlin, as capital city and urban jungle, in recent novels by Sibylle Berg, Tanja Dückers, Alexa Hennig von Lange, Judith Hermann, Unda Hörner, Inka Parei, Kathrin Röggla, Antje Stelling, and Antje Rávic Strubel.
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2006Uitgever: Editions Rodopi BV183 paginasTaal: DuitsISBN-10: 9042020512ISBN-13: 9789042020511Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Original publisher's paper-covered boards, title spine and frontcover, large 8vo: 188pp., [ij], introduction, 12 contributions with notes & references, notes on authors, table of contents. Very fine copy - as new. Volume 64: German Monitor. Amsterdam-New York, Rodopi. 2006 [Auteur: BARTEL, HEIKE/ELIZABETH BOA [EDS.].] [Jaar: 2006] [Titel: Pushing at Boundaries. Approaches to Contemporary German Women Writers from Karen Duve to Jenny Erpenbeck.]
