Contemporary Women's Writing in German: Changing the Subject

by Brigid Haines, Margaret Littler

Overview

Brigid Haines and Margaret Littler draw on the latest developments in feminist theory to explore contemporary German women writers' representations of female subjectivity. Bridging the gap between critical theory and women's writing in German, this book provides in-depth, fully contextualized readings of six key texts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198159674
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	12/09/2004
Series:	Oxford Studies in Modern European Culture
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 5.70(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

University of Wales, Swansea

University of Manchester

Table of Contents

Introduction1. Ingeborg Bachmann, Simultan (1972)2. Elfriede Jelinek, Die Liebhaberinnen (1975)3. Anne Duden, 'Übergang' (1982)4. Christa Wolf, Kassandra (1983)5. Herta Müller, Reisende auf einem Bein (1989)6. Emine Sevgi Özdamar, 'Mutter Zunge' and 'Großvater Zunge' (1990)ChronologyGlossaryFurther ReadingBibliography

Editorial Reviews

"This book offers excellent discussions of Ingeborg Bachmann's Simultan, Elfriede Jelinek's Die Liebhaberinnen, Anne Duden's Übergang, Christa Wolf's Kassandra, Herta Müller's Reisende auf einem Bein, and Emine Sevi Oezdamar's Mutterzunge.... In addition to the very useful introduction and the critical analysis of each of the six works, Haines and Littler include a helpful chronology and glossary of terms. Readers interested in these particular works and their authors will find this book extremely insightful."—Choice

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