A marital argument. An unwanted pregnancy. A lost job. An illicit love affair. Such are the pivotal issues of Kroetz's plays. They are plays describing everyday people with many dreams, few words to express them, and little hope of achieving them. People caught helplessly in the tidepools and eddies of mainstream consumer society. Kroetz captures them with a language and characterization so convincing, so compelling, that within the space of a few seasons he has become one of West Germany's most popular and acclaimed playwrights. This work examines the author and his writings, allowing both to speak for themselves while simultaneously following the interconnecting threads of philosophy, theme, and style which make up the fabric of Kroetz's proletarian dramaturgy.

Franz Xaver Kroetz: The Emergence of a Political Playwright (New York University Ottendorfer Series)

Literature & Fiction

Sander, Volkmar

Dramas & Plays

Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers

Prose, Essays, Poems (German Library) (English and German Edition)

Benn, Gottfried

History & Criticism

Continuum Intl Pub Group

Book by Grass, Gunter, Livingston, Robert Gerald, Sander, Volkmar

The Future of German Democracy: With an Essay "on Loss" by Gunter Grass

History

GRASS,GÜNTER

Livingston, Robert Gerald

Europe

The main part of this study is a detailed analysis of the content of the Epistolae Obscurorum Virorum (EOV). It will identify the satirical devices which Crotus and Ulrich apply in their work. Furthermore, the structure of the work will be analyzed and it will be shown to what extent the epistolary tradition of antiquity and of the Middle Ages has influenced the form of these letters. Next, the treatment of the traditional medieval Seven Deadly Sins will be carefully examined in the text of the EOV. However, the study will focus its attention on the various methods with which Crotus and Ulrich satirize ignorance and literary barbarism. In doing so it will trace the humanist concept of ideal learning and it will show how the authors devised their caricature of ignorance in contrast with this high standard.

A War of Fools: The Letters of Obscure Men- A Study of the Satire and the Satirized (New York University Ottendorfer Series)

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Peter Lang International Academic Publishers

«Die Rettung hält sich an den kleinen Sprung in der kontinuierlichen Katastrophe.» Behind this typical aphorism of Walter Benjamin there lies an elaborate system of metaphors drawn from Arabian geometric ornament. The present work examines the operation of this system in a variety of contexts: «Berliner Kindheit», the posthumous writings «Über Haschisch», the essays on Brecht, and elsewhere. The focus is heuristic: how do Benjamin's rhetorical figures become instruments of invention and cognition?

Gegenbild, Reihenfolge, Sprung: An Essay on Related Figures of Argument in Walter Benjamin (New York University Ottendorfer Series)

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