The Modern German Historical Novel: Paradigms, Problems and Perspectives
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
The Modern German Historical Novel: Paradigms, Problems and Perspectives
By (Author) Philip Thomson
Edited by Professor David Roberts
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Berg Publishers
1st September 2010
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
833.91409
Physical Properties
Hardback
240
Width 138mm, Height 216mm, Spine 17mm
Description
This is the first collection to examine the theory and practice of the historical novel in twentieth-century German and Austrian literature. One of the main aims of the volume is to work against the conventional view of the historical novel as an antiquated and escapist genre, remote from contemporary problems and tied to nineteenth-century models of realism. These essays show that the historical novel is in fact always a response to contemporary history.
Reviews
'offers some extremely stimulating perspectives.' Literature and History
Author Bio
David Roberts and Philip Thomson are in the Department of German, Monash University, Melbourne.
