«Dieses Spannungsverhaeltnis, an Dem Wir Wachsen»: Growth and Decay in Ingeborg Bachmann's Simultan Contributor(s): Zohn, Judith (Editor), O'Regan, Veronica (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820445398 ISBN-13: 9780820445397 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
Binding Type: Hardcover Published: November 2000 Click for more in this series: Adolescent Cultures, School, and Society |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Metaphysics - Literary Criticism | European - German - Foreign Language Study | German |
Dewey: 833.914 |
LCCN: 9929205 |
Series: Adolescent Cultures, School, and Society |
Physical Information: 151 pages |
Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2001 pg. 200 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book examines the role of the utopian in Simultan (1972), Ingeborg Bachmann's second collection of short stories. While individual stories from the volume have received some attention in recent studies, the impact of the volume in its entirety has not been adequately considered. A comprehensive study of the whole collection reveals the presence of a dialectic, which Bachmann associates with utopian possibilities in her theoretical writings. This book argues that the tendency in some recent studies to characterize the volume as pessimistic in its portrayal of language and reality is unsatisfactory; the Simultan volume testifies, rather, to the fact that Bachmann never lost her utopian belief in the power of a new language to transform individual and collective consciousness. |
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