Ghostwriting: W. G. Sebald's poetics of history
"Ghostwriting provides the first comprehensive analysis of the fictional prose narratives of one of contemporary Germany's most recognized authors, the émigré writer W. G. Sebald. Examining Sebald's well-known published texts in the context of largely unknown unpublished works, and in...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Ghostwriting provides the first comprehensive analysis of the fictional prose narratives of one of contemporary Germany's most recognized authors, the émigré writer W. G. Sebald. Examining Sebald's well-known published texts in the context of largely unknown unpublished works, and informed by documents and information from Sebald's literary estate, this book offers a detailed portrait of his characteristic literary techniques and how they emerged and matured out of the practices and attitudes he represented in his profession as a literary scholar. The title "Ghostwriting" signals the convergence in Sebald's works of a set of diverse historical questions, philosophical views, and literary practices. Many historical ghosts haunt Sebald's narratives on the level of story. Moreover, Sebald's narrator plays the role of a ghostwriter in the profound sense that his stories fictionally re-enact the histories of obscure, but once-living individuals whose lives they revitalize, and whose fates are tied up with the most virulent historical conjunctures of the modern world. This study thus seeks to comprehend the constitutive elements of Sebald's "poetics of history," his implementation of literary tools for effective historical memorializing" -- "A comprehensive study of W. G. Sebald's prose fictions, including published and unpublished works, with a focus on the genetic development of his artistic practices and their relationship to his interests in history, memory, and exile"-- |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (450 Seiten) |
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| spelling | Gray, Richard T. Verfasser aut Ghostwriting W. G. Sebald's poetics of history Richard T. Gray New York Bloomsbury Academic 2017 1 Online-Ressource (450 Seiten) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction: Sebald's Literary Séance -- 1. Wittgenstein's Ghost: Toward Understanding Sebald's Literary Turn -- 2. The Birth of the Prose Fictionalizer from the Spirit of Biographical Criticism: Schwindel. Gefühle -- 3. Sebald's Literary Refinement: "Dr. Henry Selwyn" and Its Textual Predecessor -- 4. Neither Here Nor There: Exile as Dis-Placement in "Dr. Henry Selwyn" -- 5. Sebald's Ectopia: Homelessness and Alienated Heritage in "Max Aurach"/"Max Ferber" -- 6. Fabulation and Metahistory: W. G. Sebald and the Problematic of Contemporary (German) Holocaust Fiction -- 7. Sebald's Segues: Performing Narrative Contingency in Die Ringe des Saturn -- 8. Writing at the Roche Limit: Order and Entropy in Die Ringe des Saturn -- 9. Narrating Environmental Catastrophe: Ecopsychology and Ecological Apocalypse in Sebald's Corsica Project -- Bibliography -- Index "Ghostwriting provides the first comprehensive analysis of the fictional prose narratives of one of contemporary Germany's most recognized authors, the émigré writer W. G. Sebald. Examining Sebald's well-known published texts in the context of largely unknown unpublished works, and informed by documents and information from Sebald's literary estate, this book offers a detailed portrait of his characteristic literary techniques and how they emerged and matured out of the practices and attitudes he represented in his profession as a literary scholar. The title "Ghostwriting" signals the convergence in Sebald's works of a set of diverse historical questions, philosophical views, and literary practices. Many historical ghosts haunt Sebald's narratives on the level of story. Moreover, Sebald's narrator plays the role of a ghostwriter in the profound sense that his stories fictionally re-enact the histories of obscure, but once-living individuals whose lives they revitalize, and whose fates are tied up with the most virulent historical conjunctures of the modern world. This study thus seeks to comprehend the constitutive elements of Sebald's "poetics of history," his implementation of literary tools for effective historical memorializing" -- "A comprehensive study of W. G. Sebald's prose fictions, including published and unpublished works, with a focus on the genetic development of his artistic practices and their relationship to his interests in history, memory, and exile"-- Sebald, W. G. / (Winfried Georg) / 1944-2001 / Criticism and interpretation Sebald, W. G. 1944-2001 (DE-588)119310007 gnd rswk-swf Literature and history Memory in literature Exiles in literature Collective memory and literature Literaturkritik (DE-588)4036020-9 gnd rswk-swf Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte Motiv (DE-588)4156971-4 gnd rswk-swf Erinnerung Motiv (DE-588)4193441-6 gnd rswk-swf Poetik (DE-588)4046449-0 gnd rswk-swf Kollektives Gedächtnis Motiv (DE-588)4639552-0 gnd rswk-swf Exil Motiv (DE-588)4139659-5 gnd rswk-swf Sebald, W. G. 1944-2001 (DE-588)119310007 p Poetik (DE-588)4046449-0 s Literaturkritik (DE-588)4036020-9 s Kollektives Gedächtnis Motiv (DE-588)4639552-0 s Erinnerung Motiv (DE-588)4193441-6 s Exil Motiv (DE-588)4139659-5 s Geschichte Motiv (DE-588)4156971-4 s Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 s DE-604 Bloomsbury Academic (DE-588)1220524131 pbl Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover 9781501329999 https://doi.org/10.5040/9781501330025 Verlag URL des Erstveröffentlichers Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Gray, Richard T. Ghostwriting W. G. Sebald's poetics of history Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction: Sebald's Literary Séance -- 1. Wittgenstein's Ghost: Toward Understanding Sebald's Literary Turn -- 2. The Birth of the Prose Fictionalizer from the Spirit of Biographical Criticism: Schwindel. Gefühle -- 3. Sebald's Literary Refinement: "Dr. Henry Selwyn" and Its Textual Predecessor -- 4. Neither Here Nor There: Exile as Dis-Placement in "Dr. Henry Selwyn" -- 5. Sebald's Ectopia: Homelessness and Alienated Heritage in "Max Aurach"/"Max Ferber" -- 6. Fabulation and Metahistory: W. G. Sebald and the Problematic of Contemporary (German) Holocaust Fiction -- 7. Sebald's Segues: Performing Narrative Contingency in Die Ringe des Saturn -- 8. Writing at the Roche Limit: Order and Entropy in Die Ringe des Saturn -- 9. Narrating Environmental Catastrophe: Ecopsychology and Ecological Apocalypse in Sebald's Corsica Project -- Bibliography -- Index Sebald, W. G. / (Winfried Georg) / 1944-2001 / Criticism and interpretation Sebald, W. G. 1944-2001 (DE-588)119310007 gnd Literature and history Memory in literature Exiles in literature Collective memory and literature Literaturkritik (DE-588)4036020-9 gnd Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 gnd Geschichte Motiv (DE-588)4156971-4 gnd Erinnerung Motiv (DE-588)4193441-6 gnd Poetik (DE-588)4046449-0 gnd Kollektives Gedächtnis Motiv (DE-588)4639552-0 gnd Exil Motiv (DE-588)4139659-5 gnd |
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| title | Ghostwriting W. G. Sebald's poetics of history |
| title_auth | Ghostwriting W. G. Sebald's poetics of history |
| title_exact_search | Ghostwriting W. G. Sebald's poetics of history |
| title_full | Ghostwriting W. G. Sebald's poetics of history Richard T. Gray |
| title_fullStr | Ghostwriting W. G. Sebald's poetics of history Richard T. Gray |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ghostwriting W. G. Sebald's poetics of history Richard T. Gray |
| title_short | Ghostwriting |
| title_sort | ghostwriting w g sebald s poetics of history |
| title_sub | W. G. Sebald's poetics of history |
| topic | Sebald, W. G. / (Winfried Georg) / 1944-2001 / Criticism and interpretation Sebald, W. G. 1944-2001 (DE-588)119310007 gnd Literature and history Memory in literature Exiles in literature Collective memory and literature Literaturkritik (DE-588)4036020-9 gnd Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 gnd Geschichte Motiv (DE-588)4156971-4 gnd Erinnerung Motiv (DE-588)4193441-6 gnd Poetik (DE-588)4046449-0 gnd Kollektives Gedächtnis Motiv (DE-588)4639552-0 gnd Exil Motiv (DE-588)4139659-5 gnd |
| topic_facet | Sebald, W. G. / (Winfried Georg) / 1944-2001 / Criticism and interpretation Sebald, W. G. 1944-2001 Literature and history Memory in literature Exiles in literature Collective memory and literature Literaturkritik Literatur Geschichte Motiv Erinnerung Motiv Poetik Kollektives Gedächtnis Motiv Exil Motiv |
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