The author's dimension : selected essays
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
The author's dimension : selected essays
University of Chicago Press, 1995
- pbk. : alk. paper
- Other Title
-
Essays
Available at 3 libraries
Note
"Originally published in German, the essays in this book are drawn from Die Dimension des Autors, ... Ansprachen, ... and Im Dialog"--T.p. verso
"This translation originally published in 1993"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Spanning the past three decades, these essays focus on the roles of the writer and literature today. In the first half of this series of witty, probing essays on reading and writing, Wolf examines the individual's, in particular the writer's, relationship to society. The final sections, "On War and Peace and Politics" and "The End of the German Democratic Republic," demonstrate the ways in which Wolf's political thinking has evolved and cast light on the political situation in East Germany prior to reunification.
"An important publication, ably served by the editing of Alexander Stephan; the knowledgeable translation by Jan Van Heurck; and Grace Paley's sisterly introduction, which . . . claims at least the later Christa Wolf for a pacifist feminism." Peter Demetz, New York Times "
by "Nielsen BookData"