The author's dimension : selected essays

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The author's dimension : selected essays

Christa Wolf ; introduction by Grace Paley ; edited by Alexander Stephan ; translated by Jan van Heurck

University of Chicago Press, 1995

  • pbk. : alk. paper

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Essays

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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 "

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Details

  • NCID
    BA3402032X
  • ISBN
    • 0226904946
  • LCCN
    95030220
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    ger
  • Place of Publication
    Chicago
  • Pages/Volumes
    xii, 335 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
  • Classification
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