EAN: 9781433106484

SHADOWS OF THE PAST GEBUNDEN

How did Austrian writers grapple with their country's problematic twentieth-century history?
Nine scholars investigate how the complex role of the national past changed the content and
context of Austria's literature. Contributions range from Klaus Zeyringer's aggressive argument
for an authentically Austrian literature  to the late Harry Zohn's autobiographical insights of
a transplanted Viennese. Probing essays examine the Liberal and the National-Socialist era
writers in exile and in their roles as post-war social critics. Shadows of the Past also puts
the authors themselves in the spotlight: A «mini-reader» of hard-hitting as well as humorous
narrative texts complements the literary history that begins the volume. Written by Barbara
Frischmuth  Elisabeth Reichart  and Erich Wolfgang Skwara  these six texts are accompanied by
helpful introductions to each author. As a further aid for English-speaking readers  the
original in German literary and critical texts are translated for the first time. Shadows of
the Past allows students of European culture and comparative literature to experience a
dramatic century in Austrian literature and history.

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