Understanding Rainer Werner Fassbinder introduces scholars and students to the controversial and prolific but brief career of a filmmaker hailed as one of the New German Cinema's most talented exponents. Combining a chronological survey with a thematic exploration, Wallace Steadman Watson reviews the entirety of Fassbinder's artistic output, focusing specifically on fifteen of the filmmaker's thirty-eight feature-length works. Watson's interpretations of these films, all of which he studied in Germany, scrutinize the financial constraints, material conditions, and script development involved...
Understanding Rainer Werner Fassbinder introduces scholars and students to the controversial and prolific but brief career of a filmmaker hailed as on...
In Understanding Camilo Jose Cela, Lucile C. Charlebois examines the 1989 Nobel laureate's ten most important novels. She shows that in addition to being unequivocally Spanish in their concerns, characters and imagery the novels speak to the larger world with their compendium of insights into the most basic human needs, desires and fears.
In Understanding Camilo Jose Cela, Lucile C. Charlebois examines the 1989 Nobel laureate's ten most important novels. She shows that in addition to be...
One of the most important postwar German authors, Uwe Johnson is significant not only for his unique literary style and linguistic creativity, but also because of the thematic issues addressed in his works. He was the first German author to treat, in fiction, the division of Germany after the war. He explores its psychological, political, and cultural manifestations in a network of characters and places unmatched in complexity and authenticity.
Understanding Uwe Johnson provides a comprehensive overview of this author's work, concentrating on his five most important novels: Ingrid...
One of the most important postwar German authors, Uwe Johnson is significant not only for his unique literary style and linguistic creativity, but als...
This text recounts the varied literary achievements of one of Latin America's most acclaimed and prolific 20th-century writers. Structuring his assessment around metaphors drawn from boxing, the author considers Cortazar's plays, stories, novels, political essays and poetry.
This text recounts the varied literary achievements of one of Latin America's most acclaimed and prolific 20th-century writers. Structuring his assess...
This volume provides a dissection of W.G. Sebald's fiction and his acclaim. A German writer who taught in England for 30 years, he published four novels, first in German and then in English. His work gained even greater acclaim after his death in 2001, just months after the publication of his title "Austerlitz". This companion to his fiction investigates the secret behind his universal appeal and explores themes, issues, and influences that dominate the writer's oeuvre. It suggests that Sebald essentially had two literary careers - as his works appeared in German-speaking Europe and then in...
This volume provides a dissection of W.G. Sebald's fiction and his acclaim. A German writer who taught in England for 30 years, he published four nove...
Understanding Thomas Mann offers a comprehensive guide to the novels, short stories, novellas, and nonfiction of one of the most renowned and prolific German writers. In addition to analyzing Mann's most famous works, including Buddenbrooks, Death in Venice, The Magic Mountain, and Doctor Faustus, Hannelore Mundt introduces readers to lesser-known works, among them Joseph and His Brothers, Lotte in Weimar, and The Black Swan. In close readings, Mundt illustrates how Mann's masterly prose captures both his time and the complexities of human existence with a unique blend of humor, compassion,...
Understanding Thomas Mann offers a comprehensive guide to the novels, short stories, novellas, and nonfiction of one of the most renowned and prolific...
In Understanding Roberto Bolano, Ricardo Gutierrez-Mouat offers a comprehensive analysis of this critically acclaimed Chilean poet and novelist whose work brought global attention to Latin American literature in the 1960s unseen since the rise of Garcia Marquez and magic realism. Best known for The Savage Detectives, winner of the Romulo Gallegos Prize; the novella By Night in Chile; and the posthumously published novel 2666, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, Bolano died in 2003 just as his reputation was becoming established. After a brief biographical sketch,...
In Understanding Roberto Bolano, Ricardo Gutierrez-Mouat offers a comprehensive analysis of this critically acclaimed Chilean poet and novelist whose ...
Franz Kafka is without question one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. In Understanding Franz Kafka, Allen Thiher addresses the development of Kafka's work by analysing it in terms of its chronological unfolding, emphasizing the various phases in Kafka's life that can be discerned in his constant quest to find a meaning for his writing.
Franz Kafka is without question one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. In Understanding Franz Kafka, Allen Thiher addresses the...
A best-selling novelist in the 1930s, Irene Nemirovsky (1903-1942) was rediscovered in 2004, when her Suite Francaise, set during the fall of France and the first year of German occupation, became a popular and critical success both in France and in the United States. This book offers a sympathetic, nuanced exploration of the fiction and turbulent life of this best-selling author.
A best-selling novelist in the 1930s, Irene Nemirovsky (1903-1942) was rediscovered in 2004, when her Suite Francaise, set during the fall of France a...