Kitsch And Kunst: Presentations of a Lost War - Brossura

Sargeant, Maggie

Brossura

ISBN 10: 3039105124 ISBN 13: 9783039105120

Casa editrice: Peter Lang Pub Inc, 2005

Riassunto

This book examines the presentation of, and attitudes to, the Second World War in post-war West German prose fiction. The fierce public reactions which some of these works provoked at the time of their publication are taken into account in this study since their reception provides a picture of the psychological relationship West Germany had with its wartime past in the immediate post-war period and beyond. Writers of 'Unterhaltungsliteratur' and 'Trivialliteratur' are often studied within their own genre, but, this book sets such writers alongside their canonical colleagues. This approach opens up the possibility of considering whether the strategies adopted to influence contemporary society, to reflect that society and to come to terms with the Second World War are determined by the classification of these works as 'Kitsch' or 'Kunst'. The authors included are Alfred Andersch, Heinrich Böll, Hans Hellmut Kirst, Heinz G. Konsalik, Theodor Plievier and Erich Maria Remarque. The selected works deal specifically with the German soldier and officer, the fighting fronts, the home front and the connections between the German army and the National Socialist regime.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Peter Lang Pub Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 3039105124
• ISBN 13: 9783039105120
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 275