文档介绍：LITERATURE • GERMANY
HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF
Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts, No. 32
GRANGE
Some authors have strongly criticized attempts to rebuild a German literary
culture in the aftermath of World War II, while others have mit- Postwar German
ted themselves to “dealing with the German past.” Some Austrian and Swiss
writers have found certain contradictions of contemporary life troubling, while
HISTORICAL
others have found these contradictions as humorous or even worth celebrat- LITERATURE
DICTIONARY
ing. German postwar literature has, in the minds of some observers, devel- OF
oped a kind of split personality. In view of the traumatic monstrosities of the
previous century, this development might seem logical.
Postwar German
Historical Dictionary of Postwar German Literature is devoted to modern lit- LITERATURE
erature produced in the German language—whether from Germany, Austria,
or Switzerland—or from writers using German in other countries. This volume
covers an extensive period of time, beginning in 1945 at what was called
“zero hour” for German literature and proceeding into the 21st century. This
is done through a list of acronyms and abbreviations, a chronology, an intro-
ductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary
entries on writers, such as Nobel Prize–winners Heinrich Böll, Günter Grass,
Elias ti, Elfriede Jelinek, and W. G. Sebald. There are also entries on
individual works, genres, movements, literary styles, and forms.
William Grange is a cultural historian who has received several awards for his
scholarship and teaching. He is Hixson-Lied Professor of Theatre and Film at
the University of Nebraska. He is the author of Historical Dictionary of German
Theater (2006) and Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic (2008) both by
Scarecrow Press.
For orders and information please contact the publisher
SCARECROW PRESS, INC.
A