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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-101316511359

ISBN-139781316511350

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Book TitleW. G. Sebald in Context

Number of Pages346 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicEuropean / General

Publication Year2023

IllustratorYes

GenreLiterary Criticism

AuthorUwe Schütte

Book SeriesLiterature in Context Ser.

FormatHardcover

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Item Height1.1 in

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.3 in

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Reviews'A terrific book which manages to return Sebald-studies back to a Sebaldian place where grand historical sweeps and the merest marginalia illuminate each other to new effect. Overall, it refreshes both our sense of Sebald as an academic and literary subversive and of the astonishing breadth of themes addressed in and provoked by his work - in film, in pop music, in relation to the Anthropocene, in the cult of The Sebaldian to name a few - and it does so while remaining accessible.' Grant Gee, director of Patience: After Sebald (2011)

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal833.914

Table Of ContentPart I. Biograpical Aspects: 1. Allgäu Kai Wolfinger; 2. Sebald's grandfather Christoph Steker; 3. Manchester Catharine Annabel; 4. East Anglia Jo Catling; 5. Academia Florian Radvan; 6. The British centre for literary translation Duncan Large; 7. Between Germany and Britain Rüdiger Görner; Part II. The Literary Works: 8. Unpublished Juvenilia Melissa Etzler; 9. Film scripts Michael Hutchins; 10. The 'Prose project'Paul Whitehead; 11. Auto-/biography Christoph Singer; 12. Natural history and the anthropocene Bernhard Malkmus; 13. The corsica project Lisa Kunze; 14. Poetry Iain Galbraith; 15. The world war project Richard Hibbitt; 16. Interviews Torsten Hoffmann; Part III. Themes and Influences: 17. Critical writings Sven Meyer; 18. Minor writing Uwe Schütte; 19. Franz kafka Ritchie Robertson; 20. Literary predecessors Ben Hutchinson; 21. Walter benjamin Luisa Banki; 22. Philosophical models and influences Paul Thompson; 23. History Lynn L. Wolff; 24. Polemics Uwe Schütte; 25. Holocaust Jakob Hessing; 26. Photography Nick Warr; 27. Paintings and ekphrasis Leonida Kovac; 28. Media theory Florian Leitner; 29. Travel writing David Anderson; 30. Eco-criticism and animal studies Lisa Kunze; Part IV. Reception and Legacy: 31. Sebald scholarship Lynn L. Wolff; 32. Sebald in translation Martin Schauss; 33. The 'Sebaldian' Adrian Nathan West; 34. Film Andrew J. Webber; 35. Pop music Hendrik Otremba; 36. Literary prizes Uwe Schütte; 37. Visual arts and exhibitions Terry Pitts; 38. The cult of Sebald Ian Ellison.

SynopsisWithin the five years before his premature death in 2001, W.G. Sebald made an astounding ascent into the canon of world literature. This accessible volume offers a comprehensive overview of the contexts in which his life, work and legacy are located, with special focus on his unpublished and untranslated texts., The German academic and writer W. G. Sebald made an astounding ascent into the canon of world literature. In this volume, leading experts from both the English- and the German-speaking worlds explore his celebrated prose works published in the short span from 1996 to his premature death in 2001. Special attention is paid to Sebald's unpublished texts and books awaiting translation into English. The volume - illustrated with many unpublished archive images - scrutinizes the dual nature of Sebald's life and work, located between Germany and England, academic and literary writing, vilification and idolization. Through nearly forty essays on a broad range of topics, W. G. Sebald in Context achieves a revision of our understanding of Sebald, defying many clichés about him. Particular attention is paid to the manifold ways in which Sebald's writings exerted a legacy far beyond literature, especially in the areas of art, cinema, and popular music.

LC Classification NumberPT2681.E18