LEADER 03036nam a22005051i 4500001 99111899073506421 005 20231117210750.0 006 m o d | 007 cr |n||||||||| 008 190222t20182018nyua ob 001 0 eng d 020 9781787444386 (electronic bk.) 020 1787444384 (electronic bk.) 020 |z9781640140400 020 |z1640140409 035 (NhCcYBP)ebd50919860 035 |z(NjP)Voyager11189907 037 22573/ctv6hx43d |bJSTOR 040 NhCcYBP |cNhCcYBP 050 4 PT405 |b.D523 2018 082 04 830.9/0091 |223 090 Electronic Resource 099 Electronic Resource 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 1 online resource (vii, 280 pages.) 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 computer |bc |2rdamedia 338 online resource |bcr |2rdacarrier 490 1 Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture 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. 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 533 Electronic reproduction. |bNew York |nAvailable via World Wide Web. 588 Description based on print version record. 655 7 Criticism, interpretation, etc. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411635 650 0 German literature |y20th century |xHistory and criticism. 650 0 Storytelling in literature. 700 1 Boney, Kristy R., |d1975- |eeditor. 700 1 William, Jennifer, |d1971- |eeditor. 776 08 |cOriginal |z9781640140400 |z1640140409 |w(DLC) 2018036621 830 0 Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture 910 JSTOR DDA 956 40 |uhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv6jm8d6 956 40 |uhttp://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv6jm8d6 980 16049952