The Cambridge Companion to the Modern German Novel (Cambridge Companions to Literature)
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'German scholars and those with an interest in German literature in translation will find this Companion both readable and informative about the key themes of literature in German since the late nineteenth century.' Reference Reviews
' ... there is much food for thought here. The contributors' enthusiasm sends one out to explore or rediscover many brilliant and important novels. Every librarian and every academic in the field should be ordering this book, and every student asking for it in her Christmas stocking.' MLR
Book Description
Theodor Fontane, Hermann Hesse, Thomas Mann, Franz Kafka, Gunther Grass, and Patrick SÜskind are among the writers examined in this comprehensive introduction to the development of the German novel in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Including a chronology and guide to further reading, the Companion conveys the vitality and complexity of the modern German novel, and the debates surrounding it.
The Cambridge Companion to the Modern German Novel (Cambridge Companions to Literature),Graham Bartram,Cambridge University Press,0521483921,19th century,20th century,Bildungsromans,Continental European,European - German,German fiction,History and criticism,Literary Criticism,Plays / Drama,Drama / Continental European,German,Novels, other prose & writers: 16th to 18th centuries,Novels, other prose & writers: 19th century,Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -
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