LEADER 03225cam a2200493 i 4500001 99111397463506421 005 20240711091034.0 008 180806t20182018nyua b 001 0 eng^^ 010 2018036621 015 GBB8O0229 |2bnb 016 7 019186433 |2Uk 020 9781640140400 |qhardcover ; |qalkaline paper 020 1640140409 |qhardcover ; |qalkaline paper 035 (NjP)11139746-princetondb 035 |z(NjP)Voyager11139746 035 |z(NjP)Voyager11139746 035 (OCoLC)on1060179400 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCO |dBDX |dOCLCF |dYDX |dYDX |dOCLCO |dUKMGB 042 pcc 050 00 PT405 |b.D523 2018 082 00 830.9/0091 |223 245 00 Dimensions of storytelling in German literature and beyond : |b"for once, telling it all from the beginning" / |cedited by Kristy R. Boney and Jennifer Marston William. 264 1 Rochester, New York : |bCamden House, |c2018. 264 4 |c©2018 300 vii, 280 pages ; |c24 cm. 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 490 1 Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 "While Walter Benjamin, in his famous essay "The Storyteller" (1936), lamented the decline of the storytelling tradition in the age of the modernist novel, Anna Seghers and other twentieth-century German writers went on to chronicle the century's darkest days in creative and compelling ways. This volume is at its heart a tribute to Germanist Helen Fehervary, whose work, particularly on the prose of Anna Seghers, continues to inspire scholars who examine narration and storytelling. The subtitle quotation, "for once, telling it all from the beginning," is a translation of the phrase "einmal alles von Anfang an erzählen," from Seghers's exile novel Transit, in which she told not only her own story but that of countless others who faced existential challenges in their attempts to escape the Nazi regime. This volume examines a number of such writers, exploring the tensions between aesthetics and politically conscious writing, as well as individual struggles involving conformity and resistance in a totalitarian state"-- |cProvided by publisher. 648 7 1900-1999 |2fast 650 0 German literature |y20th century |xHistory and criticism. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008105203 650 0 Storytelling in literature. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94008817 650 7 German literature. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00941797 650 7 Storytelling in literature. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01134201 655 7 Criticism, interpretation, etc. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411635 700 1 Boney, Kristy R., |d1975- |eeditor. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2018045846 700 1 William, Jennifer, |d1971- |eeditor. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2002062152 830 0 Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture 852 0 |bf |hPT405 |i.D523 2018 902 kl |bs |6a |7m |dv |f1 |e20190228 904 kl |ba |hm |cb |e20190228 914 (OCoLC)on1060179400 |bOCoLC |cmatch |d20240710 |eprocessed |f1060179400