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Author Marven, Lyn.

Title Body and narrative in contemporary literatures in German : Herta Müller, Libuše Moníková, and Kerstin Hensel / Lyn Marven.

Publication Info. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 282 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Oxford modern languages and literature monographs
Oxford modern languages and literature monographs.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-273) and index.
Summary This book is the first to compare three contemporary women writing in German: Herta M--uuml--;ller (from Romania), Libuse Mon--iacute--;kov--aacute--; (from Czechoslovakia), and Kerstin Hensel (from the GDR). Drawing on psychoanlytical, feminist, and performativity theory, it looks at images of the body and their relationship to the structures of their writing as well as analysing the social, cultural, and political contexts. - ;This book examines the relationship between representations of the body and narrative strategies in the work of three contemporary women writers from the former Easter.
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Subject Müller, Herta, 1953- -- Criticism and interpretation.
Müller, Herta, 1953-
Criticism and interpretation.
Moníková, Libuše -- Criticism and interpretation.
Moníková, Libuše.
Hensel, Kerstin, 1961- -- Criticism and interpretation.
Müller, Herta. -- Critique et interprétation.
Moníková, Libu*se. -- Critique et interprétation.
Hensel, Kerstin, 1961-
Hensel, Kerstin, 1961- -- Critique et interprétation.
German literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
German literature -- Women authors.
German literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
German literature.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Human body in literature.
Human body in literature.
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Marven, Lyn. Body and narrative in contemporary literatures in German. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005 (DLC) 2005299437
ISBN 0191535141 (electronic book)
9780191535147 (electronic book)
9780199277766 (alkaline paper)
0199277761 (alkaline paper)