| Women Writers and National Identity Contributor(s): Bird, Stephanie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521824060 ISBN-13: 9780521824064 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2003 Annotation: Stephanie Bird presents a detailed analysis of the twin themes of female and national identity within the works of three major twentieth-century German-language women writers. Bird stresses the importance of understanding ambiguity, tension and contradiction in the fictional narratives of Ingeborg Bachmann, Anne Duden and Emine Ozdamar. She studies the three writers closely and draws on feminist theory and psychoanalysis to clarify the complex nature of individual identity. This book will be of interest to literary and women's studies scholars as well as Germanists. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Gender Studies |
| Dewey: 833.914 |
| LCCN: 2003043581 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in German |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.20 lbs) 258 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Stephanie Bird presents a detailed analysis of the twin themes of female and national identity within the works of three major twentieth-century German-language women writers. Bird stresses the importance of understanding ambiguity, tension and contradiction in the fictional narratives of Ingeborg Bachmann, Anne Duden and Emine zdamar. She studies the three writers closely and draws on feminist theory and psychoanalysis to clarify the complex nature of individual identity. This book will be of interest to literary and women's studies scholars as well as Germanists. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bird, Stephanie: - Stephanie Bird is Lecturer in German at University College London. She is the author of Recounting Historical Women (1998) and of articles in journals, including MLR, Austrian Studies and FMLS. |