Title details Help Title Gunter Grass and his critics: from The tin drum to Crabwalk / Siegfried Mews Books Name(s) Mews, Siegfried (Main Author) Publication Rochester : Camden House, 2008 Physical Details viii, 426 p.; 24 cm. Series Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture (Unnumbered). Literary criticism in perspective Subjects Grass, Gunter--1927---Criticism and interpretation Grass, Gunter--1927---Appreciation Criticism--Germany--History--20th century ISBN 1571130624 (hc.) 9781571130624 (hc.) Classmarks 838 Notes General: Variant series: Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture. Literary criticism in perspective. Bib. & Index: Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-405) and index. Contents: Pt. 1. Danzig, Center of the Universe -- 1. The Tin Drum -- 2. Cat and Mouse -- 3. Dog Years -- 4. The Danzig Trilogy -- Pt. 2. From Danzig to the Global Stage: Grass's Fiction of the 1970s and 1980s -- 5. Local Anaesthetic -- 6. From the Diary of a Snail -- 7. The Flounder -- 8. The Meeting at Telgte -- 9. Headbirths or The Germans Are Dying Out -- 10. The Rat -- 11. Show Your Tongue -- Pt. 3. After Reunification: Old Problems and New Beginnings -- 12. The call of the Toad -- 13. Too Far Afield -- 14. My Century -- 15. Crabwalk. Summary: "Along with The Tin Drum Grass's impressive body of literary work since the 1950s has spawned a cottage industry of Grass criticism, making a reliable guide through the thicket of sometimes contradictory readings a definite desideratum. Siegfried Mews fills this lacuna in Grass scholarship by way of a detailed but succinct, descriptive as well as analytical and evaluative overview of the scholarship from 1959 to 2007. Grass's politically motivated interventions in public discourse have kept him highly visible, blurring the boundaries between politics and aesthetics. Mews therefore examines not only academic criticism but also the daily and weekly press (and other news media), providing additional insight into the reception of Grass's works."--BOOK JACKET. Availability Barcode Location Shelf Shelfmark Status Category 00438177 Jafet Library J 838:G768Ym:c.1 Available Standard Loan

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