The Cambridge Companion to the Modern German Novel [Paperback]

A broad ranging introduction to the development of the German novel, first published in 2004.The Cambridge Companion to the Modern German Novel provides a broad ranging introduction to the major trends in the development of the German novel during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Theodor Fonatne, Hermann Hesse, Thomas Mann, Franz Kafka, and Gunther Grass are among the writers examined. This companionable survey, which includes a chronology and guide to further reading, conveys a vivid sense of the vitality and complexity of the modern German novel and of the debates surrounding it. This book will be essential reading for students.The Cambridge Companion to the Modern German Novel provides a broad ranging introduction to the major trends in the development of the German novel during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Theodor Fonatne, Hermann Hesse, Thomas Mann, Franz Kafka, and Gunther Grass are among the writers examined. This companionable survey, which includes a chronology and guide to further reading, conveys a vivid sense of the vitality and complexity of the modern German novel and of the debates surrounding it. This book will be essential reading for students.Theodor Fontane, Hermann Hesse, Thomas Mann, Franz Kafka, and Gunther Grass are among the writers examined in this comprehensive introduction to the development of the German novel in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Including a chronology and guide to further reading, the Companion conveys the vitality and complexity of the modern German novel, and the debates surrounding it.Chronology; Preface; A note concerning translations and bibliographical data; 1. The German novel in the long twentieth century Graham Bartram; 2. Contexts of the novel: society, politics and culture in German-speaking Europe, 1870 to the present Lynn Abrams; 3. The novel in Wilhelmine Germany: from realism to satire Alan Bance; 4. Gender anxiety and the shaping of the self in somel³h