William Grange is a cultural historian who has received several awards for his scholarship and teaching. He is Hixson-Lied Professor of Theatre and Film at the University of Nebraska.
Historical Dictionary of Postwar German Literature
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- ISBN-13: 9780810859654
- Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
- Publication date: 07/09/2009
- Series: Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts Series , #32
- Pages: 370
- Product dimensions: 5.80(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.30(d)
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Some authors strongly criticized attempts to rebuild a German literary culture in the aftermath of World War II, while others actively committed themselves to "dealing with the German past." There are writers in Austria and Switzerland that find other contradictions of contemporary life troubling, while some find them funny or even worth celebrating. German postwar literature has, in the minds of some observers, developed a kind of split personality. In view of the traumatic monstrosities of the previous century that development may seem logical to some. The Historical Dictionary of Postwar German Literature is devoted to modern literature produced in the German language, whether from Germany, Austria, Switzerland or writers using German in other countries. This volume covers an extensive period of time, beginning in 1945 at what was called "zero hour" for German literature and proceeds into the 21st century, concluding in 2008. This is done through a list of acronyms and abbreviations, a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on writers, such as Nobel Prize-winners Heinrich Böll, Günter Grass, Elias Canetti, Elfriede Jelinek, and W. G. Sebald. There are also entries on individual works, genres, movements, literary styles, and forms.
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William Grange has produced another successful historical dictionary. . . . This title is very user friendly. . . . This source is highly recommended for academic libraries.American Reference Books Annual (ARBA)
William Grange has produced another successful historical dictionary. . . . This title is very user friendly. . . . This source is highly recommended for academic libraries.January 2010 CHOICE
The dictionary succeeds in providing a general introduction and understanding of this particularly multifaceted period of German literature and in presenting students with an overview of important authors, defining movements, and events of the German literary scene in 1945. Recommended.December 2009 Booklist
The strength of this work lies in its introduction of authors not included in other reference sources....Recommended for academic libraries supporting programs in German language, literature, and culture as well as libraries with collections of postwar German literature.