Pushing at boundaries : [approaches to contemporary German women writers from Karen Duve to Jenny Erpenbeck] / edited by Heike Bartel & Elizabeth Boa.
| Other author | Bartel, Heike. |
| Other author | Boa, Elizabeth. |
| Other author | University of Nottingham. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2006. |
| Description | 187 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Approaches to contemporary German women writers from Karen Duve to Jenny Erpenbeck |
| Series | German monitor ; no. 64, 0144-6355 ; German monitor ; no. 64. ^A686342 |
| Contents | Introduction -- Die Mummel / Karen Duve -- Translating Karen Duve into English with a few peripheral observations on translation in general / Anthea Bell -- The novels of Karen Duve : just 'chick lit with (...) grime' (and dragons)? / Peter J. Graves -- Nature, bodies and breakdown in Anne Duden's 'Das Landhaus' and Karen Duve's Regenroman / Teresa Ludden -- Lust or disgust? : the blurring of boundaries in Karen Duve's Regenroman / Elizabeth Boa -- 'De nymphis, sylphis, pygmaeis et salamandris'--zur Verwendung eines Motivkreises in Texten von Michael Fritz, Julia Schoch und Karen Duve / Elisa Müller-Adams -- Von Jonnny Rotten bis Werther : Karen Duves Dies ist kein Liebeslied zwischen Popliteratur und Bildungsroman / Heike Bartel -- Becoming bodies : corporeal potential in short stories by Julia Franck, Karen Duve, and Malin Schwerdtfeger / Lucy Macnab -- 'Ganz gewöhnlicher Ekel'? : disgust and body motifs in Jenny Erpenbeck's Geschichte vom alten Kind / Katie Jones -- 'Nur manchmal mussten sie laut und unverhofft lachen' : Kerstin Hensel's use of Märchen / Lyn Marven -- Granny knows best : the voice of the granddaughter in 'Grossmütterliteratur' / Petra M. Bagley -- 'und dabei heisst es immer aufbruchstimmung' : das Verschwinden einer Metropole in ihren Texten / Franziska Meyer. |
| General note | "Most of the essays in this volume originated as papers for a symposium on the work of Karen Duve and other recent German women writers held in May 2004 at the University of Nottingham ..."--P. [3]. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Language | Text in English and German with summaries in English. |
| LCCN | 2006471832 |
| ISBN | 9042020512 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9789042020511 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | PT405 .P796 2006 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |