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Item Details
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THE WRITING OF WAR
FRENCH AND GERMAN FICTION AND WORLD WAR II |
| By: |
William Cloonan |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£60.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0813016851 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780813016856 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY PRESS OF FLORIDA |
| Pub. date: |
30 June, 1999 |
| Series: |
Crosscurrents: Comparative Studies in European Literature & Philosophy |
| Pages: |
208 |
| Description: |
In this work on how World War II affected the writing of literature in France and Germany, the author argues that many established writers were unsuccessful in their attempts to write about the war because they refused to confront the ways in which that conflict was different from previous ones. |
| Synopsis: |
In revaluating how World War II affected the writing of literature in France and Germany, the author argues that many established writers (Thomas Mann, Ernst Junger, Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre) were unsuccessful in their attempts to write about the war precisely because they refused to confront the ways in which the conflict was so radically different from previous wars. In particular, atrocities such as the Nazi's Final Solution, the atomic devastation of Japan, and the bombings of civilian populations called into question the moral and intellectual framework that had shaped Western thinking. Combining a literary history and textual analyses, Cloonan turns to efforts in France and Germany by younger artists to rethink the approach to literature in a postwar context, devoting attention to Group 47 (Germany) and the New Novelists (France). At the centre of his study are detailed analyses of novels by Celine, Gunter Grass, Siegfried Lenz, Claude Simon and Christa Wolf. Cloonan explains how each writer opened new perspectives on World War II and in so doing contributed to the establishment of a postwar literary consciousness.Cloonan argues, in conclusion, that the novel remains a valuable tool for exploring social reality precisely because it remains capable of addressing an audience that extends beyond the academic community. |
| Illustrations: |
bibliography, index |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University Press of Florida |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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