W. G. Sebald: History - Memory - Trauma

by W.G. Sebald

The novelist, poet, and essayist W. G. Sebald (1944 - 2001) was perhaps the most original German writer of the last decade of the 20th century ("Die Ausgewanderten", "Austerlitz", "Luftkrieg und Literatur"). His writing is marked by a unique 'hybridity' that combines characteristics of travelogue, cultural criticism, crime story, historical essay, and dream diary, among other genres. He employs layers of literary and motion picture allusions that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110182742
• ISBN13: 9783110182743
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 389 Pages
• Weight: 1.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary