Contemporary Women's Writing in German Changing the Subject [Hardcover]

Brigid Haines and Margaret Littler draw on the latest developments in feminist theory to explore contemporary German women writers' representations of female subjectivity. Bridging the gap between critical theory and women's writing in German, this book provides in-depth, fully contextualized readings of six key texts.

Introduction
1. Ingeborg Bachmann, Simultan (1972)
2. Elfriede Jelinek, Die Liebhaberinnen (1975)
3. Anne Duden, '?bergang' (1982)
4. Christa Wolf, Kassandra (1983)
5. Herta M?ller, Reisende auf einem Bein (1989)
6. Emine Sevgi ?zdamar, 'Mutter Zunge' and 'Gro?vater Zunge' (1990)
Chronology
Glossary
Further Reading
Bibliography

This book offers excellent discussions of Ingeborg Bachmann'sSimultan, Elfriede Jelinek'sDie Liebhaberinnen, Anne Duden's?bergang, Christa Wolf'sKassandra, Herta M?ller'sReisende auf einem Bein, and Emine Sevi Oezdamar'sMutterzunge.... In addition to the very useful introduction and the critical analysis of each of the six works, Haines and Littler include a helpful chronology and glossary of terms. Readers interested in these particular works and their authors will find this book extremely insightful. --Choice