Traces of Trauma in W.G. Sebald and Christoph Ransmayr.

Traces of Trauma in W.G. Sebald and Christoph Ransmayr.

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"Both W.G. Sebald (1944-2001) and the Austrian author Christoph Ransmayr (1954- ) were born too late to know directly the violence of the Second World War and the Holocaust, but these traumatic events are a persistent presence in their work. In a series of close readings of key prose texts, Dor...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Osborne, Dora (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Taylor and Francis, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Sebald, W. G. > (Winfried Georg), > 1944-2001 > Criticism and interpretation.
Ransmayr, Christoph, > 1954- > Criticism and interpretation.
Ransmayr, Christoph, > 1954-
Sebald, W. G. > (Winfried Georg), > 1944-2001.
German fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Psychic trauma in literature.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature.
Violence in literature.
German fiction.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) in literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter INTRODUCTION
  • Post-Postwar Literature
  • chapter 1 Traces of Trauma
  • chapter 2 The Terrors of Ice and Darkness: The Case of the Ice-Man
  • chapter 3 'Narbenübersät': An Excess of Traces in The Dog King
  • chapter 4 Displacement, Dysfunction, and Erasure in The Emigrants
  • chapter 5 Blind Spots: Austerlitz
  • chapter Conclusion.

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