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Heimat, Space, Narrative: Toward a Transnational Approach to Flight and Expulsion (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture)
Friederike Eigler
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Description for Heimat, Space, Narrative: Toward a Transnational Approach to Flight and Expulsion (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture)
Hardcover. Explores how contemporary novels dealing with flight and expulsion after the Second World War unsettle traditional notions of Heimat without abandoning place-based notions of belonging. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
Explores how contemporary novels dealing with flight and expulsion after the Second World War unsettle traditional notions of Heimat without abandoning place-based notions of belonging. At the end of the Second World War, millions of Germans and Poles fled or were expelled from the border regions of what had been their countries. This monograph examines how, in Cold War and post-Cold War Europe since the 1970s, writers have responded to memories or postmemories of this traumatic displacement. Friederike Eigler engages with important currents in scholarship -- on "Heimat," the much-debated German concept of "homeland"; on the spatial turnin literary ... Read more
Explores how contemporary novels dealing with flight and expulsion after the Second World War unsettle traditional notions of Heimat without abandoning place-based notions of belonging. At the end of the Second World War, millions of Germans and Poles fled or were expelled from the border regions of what had been their countries. This monograph examines how, in Cold War and post-Cold War Europe since the 1970s, writers have responded to memories or postmemories of this traumatic displacement. Friederike Eigler engages with important currents in scholarship -- on "Heimat," the much-debated German concept of "homeland"; on the spatial turnin literary ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Camden House
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Columbia, MD, United States
ISBN
9781571139030
SKU
V9781571139030
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Reviews for Heimat, Space, Narrative: Toward a Transnational Approach to Flight and Expulsion (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture)
Eigler's book is a worthwhile read for anyone interested in the complex histories of German ?ight from Eastern Europe as rendered in contemporary literature. The author's detailed and nuanced interpretations, and especially the comparative perspective . . . provide much fodder for thought. They gesture toward a comparative, transnational approach to reading literature that can serve as an example for ... Read more