W. G. Sebald (Writers and Their Work)

Schutte, Uwe

Liverpool University Press（2018/08発売）

Liverpool University Press（2018/08発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 144 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780746312995
• DDC分類 933.914

Full Description

W. G. Sebald was a literary phenomenon: a German literary scholar working in England, who took up creative writing out of dissatisfaction with German post-war letters. Within only a few years, his unique prose books made him one of the most celebrated authors of the late twentieth-century. Sebald died prematurely, aged 57, after the publication of his most celebrated prose fiction Austerlitz. This accessible critical introduction, written by a leading expert, highlights Sebald's double role as writer and academic. It discusses his oeuvre in the order in which his works were published in German in order to offer a deeper understanding of the original development of his literary writings. In addition to concise but incisive interpretations of the main publications, Schütte demonstrates how Sebald's critical writings (most of which still await translation) fed into his literary texts and concludes his study with a perceptive assessment of Sebald as a cult author.

Contents

List of Illustrations viAcknowledgements viBiographical Outline ixAbbreviations and References xiii

1 W. G. Sebald: Emigrant and Academic 12 After Nature (1988) 303 Vertigo (1990) 424 The Emigrants (1992) 575 The Rings of Saturn (1995) 726 Austerlitz (2001) 887 The Cult of Sebald 107

Postscript 116Notes 117Primary Bibliography 123Select Bibliography 124Index 127