Art and Politics in Wolfgang Koeppen's Postwar Trilogy

This study traces the reception of Wolfgang Koeppen's postwar novels, compares their stylistc aspects, analyzes the social criticism, and shows the thematic unity of a trilogy which warns of the dangers of political restoration and neo-fascism.

List of contents

Contents: Koeppen's early years - Reception and reevalua- tion - Thematic analysis: Fascism in Tauben im Gras, Political Restoration in Das Treibhaus, New Democrats and Old Nazis in Der Tod in Rom - Social Criticism.

Product details

• Authors: Richard L Gunn, Richard L. Gunn
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1983
• EAN: 9780820400488
• ISBN: 978-0-8204-0048-8
• No. of pages: 240
• Weight: 400 g
• Series: American University Studies; American University Studies Series 1: Germanic Languages and Literature; American University Studies - Series I: Germanic Languages and Literature; American University Studies Series 1: Germanic Languages and Literature; American University Studies
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > German linguistics / literary studies