Women Writers and National Identity Bachmann, Duden, Özdamar |
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Author:
| Bird, Stephanie |
Contribution by:
| Nisbet, H. B. Swales, Martin Ziolkowski, Theodore J. |
Series title: | Cambridge Studies in German Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-521-82406-4 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2003 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $96.99 |
Book Description:
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Stephanie Bird offers a detailed analysis of the twin themes of female identity and national identity in the works of three major twentieth-century German-language women writers. Bird argues for the importance of an understanding of ambiguity, tension and contradiction in the fictional narratives of Ingeborg Bachmann, Anne Duden and Emine Özdamar. Bird gives close readings of the three writers and draws on feminist theory and psychoanalysis to elucidate the complex nature of individual...
More DescriptionStephanie Bird offers a detailed analysis of the twin themes of female identity and national identity in the works of three major twentieth-century German-language women writers. Bird argues for the importance of an understanding of ambiguity, tension and contradiction in the fictional narratives of Ingeborg Bachmann, Anne Duden and Emine Özdamar. Bird gives close readings of the three writers and draws on feminist theory and psychoanalysis to elucidate the complex nature of individual identity. This book will be of interest to literary and women's studies scholars as well as Germanists.