Esther Dischereit

Klappentext Esther Dischereit has emerged as one of the most prominent writers of her generation! and this volume is the first detailed assessment of her contributions to contemporary German literature. Along with an in-depth interview and previously unpublished work by Dischereit! "Esther Dischereit" features a series of essays examining the various ways Dischereit has explored her identity as both a woman and a Jew in post-Holocaust Germany. An ideal introduction to Dischereit's work! this book will be of substantial interest to anyone interested in German literature! women's studies! and Jewish studies. Zusammenfassung Esther Dischereit is a Berlin-based! Jewish-German author! who has played a prominent literary and cultural role in Germany since the 1980s. This volume examines Dischereit's explorations of female Jewish-German identity in her novels! poems! plays and essays! and how she views her position as a Jewish-German writer in the post-Holocaust Germany.

Product details

• Authors: Katharina Hall, Katherina Hall, Katherina (EDT) Hall
• Assisted by: Katherina Hall (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.09.2007
• EAN: 9780708319918
• ISBN: 978-0-7083-1991-8
• No. of pages: 181
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 216 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Contemporary German Writers S.; Cymru-Contemporary German Writ; Contemporary German Writers
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies