The Representation of War in German Literature: From 1800 to the Present

by Elisabeth Krimmer

Book Overview

The history of literature about war is marked by a fundamental paradox: although war forms the subject of countless novels, dramas, poems, and films, it is often conceived as indescribable. Even as many writers strive towards an ideal of authenticity, they maintain that no representation can do justice to the terror and violence of war. Readings of Schiller, Kleist, J nger, Remarque, Grass, B ll, Handke, and Jelinek reveal that stylistic and aesthetic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107425476
• ISBN13: 9781107425477
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"