Crisis and Form in the Later Writing of Ingeborg Bachmann : An Aesthetic Examination of the Poetic Drafts of the 1960s

Áine McMurtry

ISBN 10: 1907322396 / ISBN 13: 9781907322396

Editore: Texts And Translations, 2012

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Ingeborg Bachmann (1927-73), one of the most acclaimed German-language poets of the post-war period, famously turned away from the lyric during the 1960s. Publicly declaring that she had stopped writing poetry, Bachmann began work on the prose Todesarten cycle that would dominate the last decade of her life. During a period of personal breakdown in the 1960s, however, she privately continued to write in verse, and the publication of selected drafts in 2000 threw new light on her compositional methods in this period.As the most extensive study to date of the poetic drafts, this monograph leads away from the polemic that surrounded their publication to establish the fragmentary texts as an experimental stage of writing that proved formally and thematically significant for later published prose works. Bridging the genre gap of much Bachmann scholarship, McMurtry illuminates the development of a reflexive mode where sophisticated aesthetic strategies enable the oblique expression of cultural critique.

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• Titolo: Crisis and Form in the Later Writing of Ingeborg Bachmann : An Aesthetic Examination of the Poetic Drafts of the 1960s
• Editore: Texts And Translations
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1907322396
• ISBN 13: 9781907322396
• Rilegatura: Buch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 240 L x 161 A x 19 P (millimetri) 240 millimetri di larghezza per 161 millimetri di altezza per 19 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 561 grammi

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Riassunto

Ingeborg Bachmann (1927-73), one of the most acclaimed German-language poets of the post-war period, famously turned away from the lyric during the 1960s. Publicly declaring that she had stopped writing poetry, Bachmann began work on the prose Todesarten cycle that would dominate the last decade of her life. During a period of personal breakdown in the 1960s, however, she privately continued to write in verse, and the publication of selected drafts in 2000 threw new light on her compositional methods in this period. As the most extensive study to date of the poetic drafts, this monograph leads away from the polemic that surrounded their publication to establish the fragmentary texts as an experimental stage of writing that proved formally and thematically significant for later published prose works. Bridging the genre gap of much Bachmann scholarship, McMurtry illuminates the development of a reflexive mode where sophisticated aesthetic strategies enable the oblique expression of cultural critique. Áine McMurtry is Lecturer in German at Durham University.

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‘There is precious little in McMurtry’s approach and textual interpretation that invites criticism. In fact, one so often feels compelled to applaud the subtlety of these examinations, the comprehensiveness of argument, and sheer erudition of the author... With this study McMurtry has positioned herself in the forefront of contemporary Bachmann scholarship.’— Rüdiger Görner, Modern Language Review 109, 2014, 1144-45 

‘The study’s solid grounding in Bachmann research, and modern European literature in general, means that it provides a useful starting point for readers who are new to Bachmann’s work, academics interested in modern literature or philosophy, and Bachmann scholars in search of a new perspective on her work.’ — Lina Fisher, German Quarterly Book Reviews 2013, 110-12