Constructions of Melancholy in Contemporary German and Austrian Literature (Paperback, New edition)

Melancholy has become a central theme of German literature since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. The rapidly changing sociopolitical circumstances of the post-1989 period and the continued burden of the Nazi past have directly contributed to this upsurge in melancholy themes. This book traces the complex discourse of melancholy in contemporary literature in the work of Monika Maron, Christoph Hein, Arno Geiger and Alois Hotschnig. Focusing on key concepts of melancholy - time, transience, historical dislocation and posthistoire - the author's readings reveal the close connection between the body and melancholy from ageing to our gendered relationships with history. This study also emphasizes the relevance of melancholy for current theoretical issues in German Studies, including Heimat discourse, genealogy and transgenerational memory, and postmemory.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Cultural History & Literary Imagination, 17
Release date:	October 2012
First published:	2013
Authors:	Anna O' Driscoll
Dimensions:	225 x 150 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	250
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-430733-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > History > General Books > Philosophy > General Promotions
LSN:	3-03-430733-0
Barcode:	9783034307338

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