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Reworking the German Past (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture)
Susan G. Figge (Ed.)
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Views adaptations as a way in which Germany seeks to come to terms with its past. Coming to terms with the past has been a preoccupation within German culture and German Studies since the Second World War. In addition, there has been a surge of interest in adaptation of literary works in recent years. Numerousvolumes have theorized, chronicled, or analyzed adaptations from novel to film, asking how and why adaptations are undertaken and what happens when a text is adapted in a particular historical context. With its focus on adaptationof twentieth-century German texts not only from one medium to ... Read more
Views adaptations as a way in which Germany seeks to come to terms with its past. Coming to terms with the past has been a preoccupation within German culture and German Studies since the Second World War. In addition, there has been a surge of interest in adaptation of literary works in recent years. Numerousvolumes have theorized, chronicled, or analyzed adaptations from novel to film, asking how and why adaptations are undertaken and what happens when a text is adapted in a particular historical context. With its focus on adaptationof twentieth-century German texts not only from one medium to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
BOYE6
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
294
Place of Publication
Columbia, MD, United States
ISBN
9781571135650
SKU
V9781571135650
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About Susan G. Figge (Ed.)
MARIA EUCHNER is a Faculty Fellow in the Foundation Year Program at the University of King's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Reviews for Reworking the German Past (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture)
This volume makes a valuable and multidisciplinary contribution to the discussion of Vergangenheitsbewältigung and adaptation theory in 20th- and 21st-century German cultural production.
GERMAN QUARTERLY
Excellent. . . . The consistently high quality of scholarship and overall readability of the essays testify to the expertise of the individual scholars and the effectiveness of the editors' work.
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GERMAN QUARTERLY
Excellent. . . . The consistently high quality of scholarship and overall readability of the essays testify to the expertise of the individual scholars and the effectiveness of the editors' work.
WOMEN ... Read more