Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Bartel, Heike.
2. Boa, Elizabeth.
3. University of Nottingham.

Description

1. 187 p.; 24 cm.

Series statement

1. German monitor, 0144-6355 ; no. 64

Alternative title

1. Approaches to contemporary German women writers from Karen Duve to Jenny Erpenbeck

Subject

1. Duve, Karen > Criticism and interpretation > Congresses
2. German literature > 20th century > History and criticism
3. German literature > 21st century > History and criticism
4. German literature > Women authors > History and criticism > Congresses

Contents

1. 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.

Call number

1. JFE 07-4964

Note

1. "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)

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Language (note)

1. Text in English and German with summaries in English.

Title

1. Pushing at boundaries : [approaches to contemporary German women writers from Karen Duve to Jenny Erpenbeck] / edited by Heike Bartel & Elizabeth Boa.

Imprint

1. Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2006.

Series

1. German monitor, 0144-6355 ; no. 64

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Language

1. Text in English and German with summaries in English.

Added author

1. Bartel, Heike.
2. Boa, Elizabeth.
3. University of Nottingham.

LCCN

1. 2006471832

ISBN

1. 9042020512 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2. 9789042020511 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Research call number

1. JFE 07-4964