The Narrative Power of Things: Consumer Culture in Contemporary Austrian Literature

ISBN-13: 9781800797604 / Angielski

Alexandra Lloyd; Robert Vilain; Benedict Schofield

Opis

This book unveils how a skilful reading of consumer objects can enrich literary analysis. Focusing on Austrian writers Haas, Glavinic, Geiger and Edelbauer, the study showcases the narrative power of consumer goods and the impact of Austrian literature and its writers on the idyllic national brand that stands in stark contrast to a troubled past.

Spis treści

Contents: The Austrian Paradox, Past and Present - People, Places, and Things: Consumer Objects as a Literary Device - Consumer Objects, Consumer Literacy, and National Narratives - An Object on the Market: Austria as a Tourist Haven - Authorship, Texts as Products, and the National Brand.

O autorze

Rebecca Wismeg-Kammerlander is a Germanist whose work focuses on contemporary Austrian Studies and the intersections between material culture and literature. She holds a PhD in German from King's College London and an MA in German and Philosophy from the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main. She is a Visiting Research Fellow at King's College London where she was previously Lecturer in German and European Studies. The Narrative Power of Things is her first monograph.