From High Priests to Desecrators

Bys: Posthoff, Christian and Steinbach, Bernd

This collection of twelve studies of some of the leading Austrian writers of today, such as Elfriede Jelinek, Peter Handke and Thomas Bernhard, is ample evidence of a distinctive Austrian literary culture, even if its definition proves something of a chimaera. But are these writers high priests, enthroned by the established culture, or desecrators, angrily rejecting it? Some of the contributors to this volume unflinchingly assign their authors...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1850754292
• ISBN13: 9781850754299
• Release Date: June 1993
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"