The Modern German NovelThis volume provides an excellent introduction to the modern and contemporary novel in German-speaking countries and the work of novelists such as Gunter Grass, Heinrich Boll, Martin Walser and Christa Wolf. |
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The GermanSwiss Novel since 1945 Malcolm Pender | 19 |
New Directions in the Austrian Novel Simon Ryan | 36 |
Copyright | |
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Achim aesthetic Andersch appears Arno Schmidt artist attempt autobiographical Bargfelder become Berlin Bernhard Blechtrommel Boll's central characters childhood Christa Wolf consciousness contemporary context critical cultural death Der geteilte Himmel early East German essay existential experience father fiction figure Frankfurt Franza Frisch German literature German novel Gesine Grass Graz Grazer Handke's Heinrich Boll historical human identity ideological iiber individual Ingeborg Bachmann inner Ivan Jakob Johnson Karsch Kassandra Kindheitsmuster Koeppen language Lenz Lenz's literary lives Malina Mann Martin Walser means modern modernist monologue montage Munich narrative narrator narrator's National Socialism Nazi Neue novel novelists past perspective Peter Handke Philippsburg political possible post-war present problems prose protagonists published reader realisation reality reflect relationship Roman Schmidt's sense Siegfried Lenz socialist society Stiller story StrauB structure Swiss Switzerland theme Thomas Bernhard tion tradition Uwe Johnson Walser West Wiener Gruppe Wolf's writing