{"product_id":"german-literature-in-a-new-century-9780857451682","title":"German Literature in a New Century","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile the first decade after the fall of the Berlin wall was marked by the challenges of unification and the often difficult process of reconciling East and West German experiences, many Germans expected that the new century would achieve normalization. The essays in this volume take a closer look at Germany's new normalcy and argue for a more nuanced picture that considers the ruptures as well as the continuities. Germany's new generation of writers is more diverse than ever before, and their texts often not only speak of a Germany that is multicultural but also take a more playful attitude toward notions of identity. Written with an eye toward similar and dissimilar developments and traditions on both sides of the Atlantic, this volume balances overviews of significant trends in present-day cultural life with illustrative analyses of individual writers and texts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eThis book contains many thoughtful essays on contemporary German literary culture, with an interesting mixture of chapters focusing on analyses of individual authors as well as the consumption and marketing of literature…Read as a whole, the book provides a refreshing variety of perspectives on ;key questions of contemporary cultural and literary trends in Germany\u003c\/em\u003e.”\u003cb\u003e  ·  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eModern Language Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eThe great majority of these essays are well-written and well-researched\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e…t\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ehey provide an abundance of pertinent information, including an extensive index, which makes this book altogether a very valuable resource for further investigations.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003cb\u003e  ·  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGerman Studies Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“This outstanding collection of insightful and thought-provoking articles marks a significant advancement of scholarship on contemporary literature. While contributions (remarkable for their consistently high quality) are valuable on their, all benefit from being read in conjunction with the others.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  German Studies Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“Taken as a whole, this is an important contribution to scholarship on contemporary German-language literature. Its emphasis on younger authors, on literary marketing, and on female and Turkish-German authors confirms that literature continues to provide an important forum for discussions of German identity, but that in the new century the contours of that identity are rapidly changing.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  Monatshefte\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/b\u003e German Literature in a New Century: Trends, Traditions, Transitions, Transformations\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eKatharina Gerstenberger\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePatricia Herminghouse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART I: TRENDS: LITERATURE IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003ePatricia Herminghouse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/b\u003e The Literary Public Sphere: A Case for German Particularity?\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eSean McIntyre\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/b\u003e Intellectuals in the Public Sphere: An Interview\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJosef Joffe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/b\u003e Literatur findet... nicht nur auf Papier statt”: The Eventization of Literature in Hamburg\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eDonovan Anderson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/b\u003e The Deutsches Literaturinstitut Leipzig and the Making of an Author: Tobias Hülswitt Hits the Road for Literature and Ends Up a Writer\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eRachel J. Halverson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART II: TRADITIONS: HISTORY, MEMORY, AND NARRATIVE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eLaurel Cohen-Pfister\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/b\u003e Degrees of History in Contemporary German Narratives\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003ePatricia Anne Simpson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/b\u003e Luftkrieg Revisited: Contemporary Responses to the Allied Bombings of German Cities\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eSydney Norton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/b\u003e An Aesthetics of Memory for Third-Generation Germans: Tanja Dückers’s \u003ci\u003eHimmelskörper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eLaurel Cohen-Pfister\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/b\u003e The Continuation of Countermemory: Emine Sevgi Özdamar’s \u003ci\u003eSeltsame Sterne starren zur Erde\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJohn Pizer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART III:TRANSITIONS: FORM AND PERFORMANCE AFTER 1989\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eKatharina Gerstenberger \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/b\u003e A Path of Poetic Potentials: Coordinates of German Lyric Identity in the Poetry of Zafer Şenocak\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eErika M. Nelson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/b\u003e Performing GDR in Poetry?: The Literary Significance of “East German” Poetry in Unified Germany\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eBirgit Dahlke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/b\u003e Feridun Zaimoglu’s Performance of Gender and Authorship\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eGary Schmidt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART IV: TRANSFORMATIONS: WOMEN WRITING IN THE NEW CENTURY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003ePatricia Herminghouse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/b\u003e From Frauenliteratur to Frauenliteraturbetrieb: Marketing Literature to German Women in the Twenty-first Century\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJulia Karolle-Berg\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKatya Skow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 13.\u003c\/b\u003e Social Alienation and Gendered Surveillance in Julia Franck’s Works\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eBeret Norman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 14.\u003c\/b\u003e Small Stories: The Novels of Martina Hefter\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eKatharina Gerstenberger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 15.\u003c\/b\u003e The Young Author as Public Intellectual: The Case of Juli Zeh\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003ePatricia Herminghouse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038904451415,"sku":"9780857451682","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780857451682.jpg?v=1750941878","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/german-literature-in-a-new-century-9780857451682","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}