Neighbours and Strangers
Literary and Cultural Relations in Germany, Austria and Central Europe since 1989
Published on 1. January 2004
Book
Hardback
291 pages
978-90-420-1891-4 (ISBN)
Description
The 15 essays collected here focus on literary and cultural relations between Germany or Austria on the one hand and the neighbouring countries of eastern and southern Europe on the other, with particular reference to the period since the Wende, but also with a glance back to the period of German division. Topics include the overarching theme of psychological, political, historical and geographical boundaries and the perspective offered by German writers from both East and West on Poland, Russia and neighbouring countries. Equally important to the contributors are specific authors who have crossed national and cultural borders, such as Libuse Monikova, Irena Brezna, Richard Wagner and Hans Bergel. The role of memory, Vergangenheit, time and space are examined in the context of works by Anna Mitgutsch, W G Sebald, Christoph Ransmayr and Elisabeth Reichart, and the reception of the theories of Pierre Nora in the German-speaking countries. The re-emergence of the Right in politics, drama and film forms a further dimension explored in these essays. Neighbours and Strangers will be of interest to students and scholars working on contemporary German and Austrian culture.
Reviews / Votes
"...an important contribution to the ongoing discussion of Central Europe..." - in: The German Quarterly, Vol. 78, No. 4 (Fall 2005)"...this volume is a lively contribution to the debates." - in: Debatte, Vol. 13, No. 1 (2005), pp. 87-89
"The papers are engaging and thoughtful..." - in: German Studies Review, Vol. 28/3 (2005), pp. 704-705
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Publishing group
Brill
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 170 mm
Weight
767 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-420-1891-4 (9789042018914)
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Content
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Brigid HAINES: 'Boehmen liegt am Meer', or When Writers Redraw Maps
Julian PREECE: The German Imagination and the Decline of the East: Three Recent German Novels (Edgar Hilsenrath, Jossel Wassermanns Heimkehr; Hans-Ulrich Treichel, Der verlorene; Guenther Grass, Im Krebsgang)
Mariana-Virginia LAZARESCU: Rumaenitaet in den Buechern eines Deutschen
David ROCK: 'A German comes home to Germany': Richard Wagner's journey from the Banat to Berlin, from the periphery to the centre
Dagmar KOST'ALOVA: Die Migrantenschriftstellerin Irena Brezna
Anthony BUSHELL: The Return of the Native, or the Neighbours are back: Anna Mitgutsch's novel Haus der Kindheit
Juliet WIGMORE: Dreams on the Danube. Elisabeth Reichart's Nachtmaer
Arthur WILLIAMS: 'immer weiter ostwaerts und immer weiter zurueck in der Zeit': Exploring the extended kith and kin of W.G. Sebald's Austerlitz
Anthony MURPHY: Culture Clash: The Austrian Freedom Party (FPOE) and the Austrian Avant-Garde in the 1990s
Ian FOSTER: The limits of memory: Christoph Ransmayr's journalistic writings
Nicole L. IMMLER: 'Gedaechtnisgeschichte' - Ein Vergleich von Deutschland und OEsterreich in Bezug auf Pierre Noras Konzept der lieux de memoire
Ricarda SCHMIDT: Albanische Braeute, Monokeleffekt und montenegrinische Barbarei: DDR-Erfahrung in der Fremde und Subjektutopie in Irmtraud Morgners Hochzeit in Konstantinopel
Renate RECHTIEN: Irene Boehme's novel Die Buchhaendlerin. A Case of Reconstructing the Past in the Image of the Future?
Birgit HAAS: Contemporary German Drama as Aesthetic Resistance against Right-wing Radicalism
Alexandra LUDEWIG: 'Heimat' in Central European Cinema
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Brigid HAINES: 'Boehmen liegt am Meer', or When Writers Redraw Maps
Julian PREECE: The German Imagination and the Decline of the East: Three Recent German Novels (Edgar Hilsenrath, Jossel Wassermanns Heimkehr; Hans-Ulrich Treichel, Der verlorene; Guenther Grass, Im Krebsgang)
Mariana-Virginia LAZARESCU: Rumaenitaet in den Buechern eines Deutschen
David ROCK: 'A German comes home to Germany': Richard Wagner's journey from the Banat to Berlin, from the periphery to the centre
Dagmar KOST'ALOVA: Die Migrantenschriftstellerin Irena Brezna
Anthony BUSHELL: The Return of the Native, or the Neighbours are back: Anna Mitgutsch's novel Haus der Kindheit
Juliet WIGMORE: Dreams on the Danube. Elisabeth Reichart's Nachtmaer
Arthur WILLIAMS: 'immer weiter ostwaerts und immer weiter zurueck in der Zeit': Exploring the extended kith and kin of W.G. Sebald's Austerlitz
Anthony MURPHY: Culture Clash: The Austrian Freedom Party (FPOE) and the Austrian Avant-Garde in the 1990s
Ian FOSTER: The limits of memory: Christoph Ransmayr's journalistic writings
Nicole L. IMMLER: 'Gedaechtnisgeschichte' - Ein Vergleich von Deutschland und OEsterreich in Bezug auf Pierre Noras Konzept der lieux de memoire
Ricarda SCHMIDT: Albanische Braeute, Monokeleffekt und montenegrinische Barbarei: DDR-Erfahrung in der Fremde und Subjektutopie in Irmtraud Morgners Hochzeit in Konstantinopel
Renate RECHTIEN: Irene Boehme's novel Die Buchhaendlerin. A Case of Reconstructing the Past in the Image of the Future?
Birgit HAAS: Contemporary German Drama as Aesthetic Resistance against Right-wing Radicalism
Alexandra LUDEWIG: 'Heimat' in Central European Cinema
Notes on Contributors