A Mythic Journey: Gunter Grass's Tin Drum Contributor(s): Diller, Edward (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813152089 ISBN-13: 9780813152080 Publisher: University Press of Kentucky OUR PRICE: $23.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - German - Literary Criticism | Modern - 20th Century - Literary Criticism | Subjects & Themes - Historical Events |
Dewey: 833 |
Physical Information: 0.52" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.64 lbs) 224 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Germany - Chronological Period - 1950's |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Although The Tin Drum has often been called one of the great novels of the 20th century, most critics have been baffled in attempting to draw its apparent chaos into a single literary framework. Here is the full-length study to penetrate the brilliance of Gunter Grass's style and uncover the novel's mythopoetic core. In A Mythic Journey: Gunter Grass's Tin Drum, author Edward Diller convincingly demonstrates the still valid relationship between modern and classical literary criticism. By reading The Tin Drum as both modern myth and historical epic, he provides a profound and sensitive interpretation of one of the masterpieces of 20th century literature. |