
Hans-Ulrich Treichel
David Basker(Editor)
University of Wales Press
Will be published approx. on 29. June 2004
Book
Hardback
144 pages
978-0-7083-1715-0 (ISBN)
Description
Hans-Ulrich Treichel, "one of the greatest talents of contemporary literature" (Die Zeit), is a poet, essayist and professor of German Literature at the University of Leipzig. He has enjoyed a meteoric rise to fame since the publication of his first novel, Der Verlorene in 1998. Translated into English as Lost, it has been described as "an extraordinary portrait of broken love, of the ways that loss undoes a family; the way the ghosts of the past can haunt a present". Treichel?s second novel, equally well received, was Tristanakkord (The Tristan Chord), published in 2000. Both widely acclaimed novels were bestsellers in Germany and have been translated into twenty-one languages. This monograph will be of interest to both scholars and students of contemporary German literature. It is the first academic assessment (in English or in German) of Treichel's work, which ranges from novels to poetry and academic writing. It begins with a previously unpublished essay by Treichel, a biographical essay and an interview. Subsequent essays include an overview of his career and readings of individual works, as well as discussing Treichel?s aesthetics and the relationship of his academic and literary writings. The volume concludes with a full bibliography.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Wales
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Laminated cover
Illustrations
Not illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
327 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7083-1715-0 (9780708317150)
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Person
The volume editor is David Basker of the University of Wales, Swansea. The series editor is Professor Rhys Williams, also of the University of Swansea.
Content
Chapter 1 Unpublished Essay by Hans-Ulrich Treichel Chapter 2 Outline Biography, Dr David Basker, Swansea Chapter 3 Interview with Hans-Ulrich Treichel, Professor Rhys W. Williams, Swansea Chapter 4 Die literarische Karriere Hans-Ulrich Treicheles:Eine ubersicht, Stephan Reinhardt, Heidelberg Chapter 5 The poetry of Hans-Ulrich Treichel, Dr Axel Goodbody, Bath Chapter 6 The novels of Hans-Ulrich Treichel:Der Verlorene/Tristan Akkord, Dr Stuart Taberner, Leeds Chapter 7 The literary aesthetics of Hans-Ulrich Treichel, Professor Rhys W. Williams, Swansea Chapter 8 The Germanist as Author: Koeppen, Treichel and Literary Criticism, Dr David Basker, Swansea