The novels of Thomas Bernhard : form and its function /

The novels of Thomas Bernhard : form and its function /

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Author / Creator:	Long, J. J. (Jonathan James), 1969-
Imprint:	Rochester, N.Y. : Camden House, 2001.
Description:	232 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture.
Subject:	Bernhard, Thomas -- Criticism and interpretation. Bernhard, Thomas. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4493654

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ISBN:	1571132244 9781571132246
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-223) and index.
Summary:	"Thomas Bernhard (1931-1989) is one of the most important writers of the postwar period, not only in his native Austria, but throughout Europe. Almost all his works have been translated into English, and his novels, plays and non-fiction works have won international acclaim. The present study provides an accessible introduction to Bernhard's novels for an English-speaking readership, and also makes an original contribution to the ongoing debate on this fascinating author. The book's primary emphasis is on Bernhard's later fiction, but it also explicates the early texts of the 1960s and 1970s. The book makes use of insights from recent approaches to fiction that pay attention to what can be termed "narrative dynamics." Earlier studies of Bernhard have tended to remain within the descriptive framework established in narrative studies of the 1950s and 1960s; this book views Bernhard's prose works from a more nuanced vantage point."--Jacket.

Table of Contents:

I. The Early Fiction. 1. Frost and Verstorung. 2. Das Kalkwerk and Korrektur
II. The Late Fiction (i): Portraits of Friendships. 3. Ja. 4. Wittgensteins Neffe: Eine Freundschaft. 5. Der Untergeher
III. The Late Fiction (ii): Reckonings. 6. Holzfallen: Eine Erregung. 7. Alte Meister: Komodie. 8. Ausloschung: Ein Zerfall.