UID:
almafu_9960118499302883
Format:
1 online resource (vi, 345 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-78744-988-2
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1-78744-875-4
Series Statement:
Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture
Content:
Offers readings of key contemporary trends and themes in the vibrant genre of short-story writing in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, with attention to major practitioners and translations of two representative stories.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Feb 2021).
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Acknowledgments --
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Note on Translations --
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Introduction to the Contemporary Short Story in German --
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1: Berlin Shorts: The German Capital in the Short Story of the Twenty-First Century --
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2: The German Crime Story in the Twenty-First Century --
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3: Performance, Performativity, and the Contemporary German Kurzgeschichte --
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4: Cramped Spaces, Creative Bottlenecks: Sudabeh Mohafez's das zehn-zeilenbuch and the Short-Short --
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5: Bodo Kirchhoff's Widerfahrnis: A Novelle for Our Time? --
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6: The Liminal Space of the Short Story: Clemens Meyer's Die Nacht, die Lichter and Die stillen Trabanten --
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7: Framing the Presence: Judith Hermann's Lettipark --
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8: Of Unhomed Subjects and Unsettled Voices: Alois Hotschnig's Die Kinder beruhigte das nicht --
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9: Authorial Development and Fluid Spaces in the "Complete Stories": Peter Stamm's Der Lauf der Dinge --
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10: On Disappearing: Reading Ulrike Almut Sandig with Sylvia Bovenschen --
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11: Metamorphic Becomings: Yoko Tawada's Opium für Ovid: Ein Kopfkissenbuch von 22 Frauen --
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12: Melinda Nadj Abonji and Jurczok 1001: Performance, Politics, and Poetry --
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13: Rhizomatic Wanderings: The Writings of Gabriele Petricek --
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14: Trends and Issues in the Contemporary German-Language Short Story --
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Appendix: Contemporary German- Language Short Stories in Translation --
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Roman Ehrlich, "Engineers of Time" --
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Saša Stanišić, "The Factory" --
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Sudabeh Mohafez, Selection of Short-Shorts --
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Bibliography of Primary Texts --
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Notes on the Contributors --
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Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-64014-046-8
Language:
English
Subjects:
German Studies
Keywords:
Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1515/9781787448759
URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781787448759/type/BOOK
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