Author's Dimension: Selected Essays (Univ of Chicago PR)

Title: Author's Dimension: Selected Essays (Univ of Chicago PR)
Author: Christa Wolf
Literary Criticism: 1697210
ISBN: 9780226904948
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1995
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: University of Chicago Press ed
Section: Literary Collections | Essays
Condition Note: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: Spanning the past three decades, these essays focus on the roles of the writer and literature today. In the first half of this series of witty, probing essays on reading and writing, Wolf examines the individual's, in particular the writer's, relationship to society. The final sections, "On War and Peace and Politics" and "The End of the German Democratic Republic," demonstrate the ways in which Wolf's political thinking has evolved and cast light on the political situation in East Germany prior to reunification.

"An important publication, ably served by the editing of Alexander Stephan; the knowledgeable translation by Jan Van Heurck; and Grace Paley's sisterly introduction, which . . . claims at least the later Christa Wolf for a pacifist feminism."--Peter Demetz, New York Times