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Includes the full German text, accompanied by German-English
vocabulary. Notes and a detailed introduction in English put the
work in its social and historical context.
Franz Kafka is one of the most important figures in
twentieth-century culture. The fascination of his work has long
since reached international proportions, and the concept
'Kafkaesque' has entered the English Language as an everyday part
of speech. This new edition of Kafka's famous story contains a
critical introduction and notes which help to explain how the
author achieves his particular effects. The editors are concerned
less with what the story means then with how it blocks and baffles
its reader, provoking them into an interpretation through its
combination of clues and counter-clues, its questions and its
uncertainties. Careful attention is therefore paid to the
'openness' of the text, to point of view, and to Kafka's use of
language. The editors also consider the important biographical and
cultural influences which shaped the writing of the story, and they
outline some of the very different ways in which it has been
interpreted --biographically, socially and psychologically. A
select vocabulary, aimed at the demands of the sixth-form pupil, is
also included, and the text itself is taken from the original
hardback edition.
The nine essays in this volume deal with major achievements in the
German novel since 1959. They range from the very well known, such
as Brussig's Helden wie wir, an extravagant treatment of life under
the Stasi and the fall of the Berlin Wall, to the much more
recondite, such as Hubert Fichte's Detlevs Imitationen "Grunspan",
one of the first, and most important, products of the abolition of
the discrimination against gays in 1969. What is most surprising
about this collection is that, in contrast to the majority of
successful novels written in German before 1959, only one of these
is by a clearly 'West' German author: Hubert Fichte. There is, by
contrast, a surprising number who have their roots in the GDR
(Plenzdorf, Wolf, Brussig, Schulze), or in Austria (Bachmann,
Bernhard). This is also a period in which women writers emerge
powerfully (Bachmann, Wolf, and OEzdamar). Virtually all these
novels aroused controversy in some quarters at the time of their
publication, often for their treatment of semi-taboo, or at least
uncomfortable, subject-matter. These essays, all by specialists in
the relevant field, were originally delivered as lectures in the
University of Cambridge.
Essays originally delivered as lectures at the University of
Cambridge.
Public demand for comedy has always been high in the
German-speaking countries, but the number of comic dramas that have
survived is relatively small. Those which are still read or
regularly performed all have a serious purpose, and this collection
of fourteen essays on the most distinguished of them shows how
laughter can be exploited to treat personal, moral, and social
problems in a way that would not be possible in tragedy. The texts
range from the seventeenth to the late twentieth century, and no
fewer than half of them are by Austrian writers. The contributors
show how these plays are often subversive, regularly arousing an
uncomfortable, self-challenging laughter, and how they treat such
widely ranging subjects as language and communication, the
complications of the sex drive, the inflexibility of the Prussian
mind, and the behaviour of Austrian celebrities during the Third
Reich. The essays are all written by specialists in the field and
were originally delivered as lectures in the University of
Cambridge.
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Die Verwandlung (Hardcover)
Franz Kafka; Edited by Peter Hutchinson, Michael Minden
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R4,116
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Franz Kafka is one of the most important figures in
twentieth-century culture. The fascination of his work has long
since reached international proportions, and the concept
'Kafkaesque' has entered the English Language as an everyday part
of speech. This new edition of Kafka's famous story contains a
critical introduction and notes which help to explain how the
author achieves his particular effects. The editors are concerned
less with what the story means then with how it blocks and baffles
its reader, provoking them into an interpretation through its
combination of clues and counter-clues, its questions and its
uncertainties. Careful attention is therefore paid to the
'openness' of the text, to point of view, and to Kafka's use of
language. The editors also consider the important biographical and
cultural influences which shaped the writing of the story, and they
outline some of the very different ways in which it has been
interpreted --biographically, socially and psychologically. A
select vocabulary, aimed at the demands of the sixth-form pupil, is
also included, and the text itself is taken from the original
hardback edition.
First published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
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The Architects (Paperback)
Peter Hutchinson, Stefan Heym
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R351
R289
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Title: Chronicles of Gretna Green.Publisher: British Library,
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British Library Hutchinson, Peter; 1844. 2 vol.; 12 . 797.h.23.
Government is broke. The 2004 federal deficit is the highest in
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while improving public services.
Neurosurgery is a rapidly developing and technically demanding
branch of surgery that requires a detailed knowledge of the basic
neuro-sciences and a thorough clinical approach. The Oxford
Textbook of Neurological Surgery is an up-to-date, objective and
readable text that covers the full scope of neurosurgical practice.
It is part of the Oxford Textbooks in Surgery series, edited by
Professor Sir Peter Morris. The book is split into 20 overarching
sections (Principles of Neurosurgery, Neuro-oncology of Intrinsic
Tumours; Extra-axial Tumours and Skull Lesions; Cerebro-Pontine
Angle Tumours; Sellar and Supra-Sellar Tumours; Posterior Fossa
Tumours; Pineal tumours; Uncommon Tumours and Tumour Syndromes;
Neurotrauma and Intensive Care; Vascular Neurosurgery; Principles
of Spinal Surgery; Spinal Pathology; Spinal Trauma; Peripheral
Nerve Surgery; Functional Neurosurgery; Epilepsy; Paediatric
Neurosurgery; Neurosurgery for Cerebrospinal Fluid Disorders and
Neurosurgical Infection). Each section takes a dual approach with,
'Generic Surgical Management' chapters that focus on specific
clinical problems facing the neurosurgeon (e.g. sellar/supra-sellar
tumour, Intradural Spina Tumours etc.) and 'Pathology-Specific'
chapters (e.g. Glioma, Meningeal Tumours, Scoliosis and Spinal
Deformity, Aneurysm etc.). Where appropriate, this division
provides the reader with easily accessible information for both
clinical problems which present in a regional fashion and specific
pathologies. The generic chapters cover aspects such as operative
approaches, neuroanatomy and nuances. Specifically each chapter in
the book incorporates several strands. Firstly the fundamental
neuroscience (anatomy, pathology, genetics etc.) that underlies the
clinical practice. Secondly, a review of the requisite clinical
investigations (e.g. angiography, electrodiagnostics, radiology).
Thirdly, a thorough evidence based review of clinical practice.
Following this a consideration of the key debates and controversies
in the field with 'pro-' and 'con-' sections (e.g. minimally
invasive spine surgery, microsurgical treatment of aneurysms) is
provided. A summary of the key papers and clinical scales relevant
to neurosurgery form the concluding part. The book is a 'one-stop'
text for trainees and consultants in neurosurgery, residents, those
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This 1977 book was the first full-length of East German fiction to
appear in English. It takes as its subject the political division
of Germany into two increasingly incompatible states, and it
concentrates on East German fiction for the simple reason that West
German writers are ignorant of one of the most significant events
of modern history. After dealing with various historical,
bibliographical and cultural problems, Dr Hutchinson isolates three
narrative devices of particular value to East German writers:
creating a discriminating East German visitor to the West who
reinforces the standard image of the capitalist world; introducing
figures who are representative of each German state; and examining
the two states in terms of their relationship with the Third Reich.
A conclusion surveys changes in the literary image of Germany's
division between 1945 and 1970, and compares East German works on
the subject with the few written in the West.
Stefan Heym's uncompromising stance made him unpopular with a
succession of political regimes. The Nazis, the CIA and the East
German secret police all held files on him. He was Hitler's
youngest literary exile; McCarthyism was to drive him from the USA;
and even in what appeared his natural home - the first socialist
state on German soil - he was to become the country's leading
dissident. By continuing to compose in both English and German,
however, he maintained an international reputation, and has been
translated into over twenty languages. This study traces Heym's
career principally by reference to his novels, journalism, and
political essays, from his earliest works. All his novels are
analysed, the major ones in depth, and English translations of all
German quotations are provided. Peter Hutchinson focuses
particularly on Heym's battles against Stalinism and censorship,
and the way in which his courageous defiance of a repressive regime
inspired others and paved the way for the 'new' eastern literature
of the eighties.
Stefan Heym's uncompromising stance made him unpopular with a
succession of political regimes. The Nazis, the CIA and the East
German secret police all held files on him. He was Hitler's
youngest literary exile; McCarthyism was to drive him from the USA;
and even in what appeared his natural home - the first socialist
state on German soil - he was to become the country's leading
dissident. By continuing to compose in both English and German,
however, he maintained an international reputation, and has been
translated into over twenty languages. This study traces Heym's
career principally by reference to his novels, journalism, and
political essays, from his earliest works. All his novels are
analysed, the major ones in depth, and English translations of all
German quotations are provided. Peter Hutchinson focuses
particularly on Heym's battles against Stalinism and censorship,
and the way in which his courageous defiance of a repressive regime
inspired others and paved the way for the 'new' eastern literature
of the eighties.
The contributors to this volume treat fourteen plays of key
significance in the history of German literature and show the way
in which each dramatist has engaged with important social and
theatrical issues of the age. Essays range from that on Lessing's
Nathan der Weise (a key text in the history of 'tolerance' in
Germany) to Jelinek's Krankheit oder moderne Frauen (a critique of
theatrical representation, gender roles and the authority of the
text), that is, from German classicism to the contemporary
avant-garde. Each major movement in German literary history is
represented, and the volume as a whole thus provides a partial
history of German drama. The essays, all by specialists in the
field, were originally delivered as lectures in the University of
Cambridge.
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