Norbert Christian Wolf

Markus Joch

In Germany, the debate about the pros and cons of advanced literary sociology sparked off by Pierre Bourdieu's basic work »The Rules of Art« has mostly taken place on an abstract level. The present volume is the first collection of essays in German to discuss the applications of field theory for the study of literature in a practical way. The essays are theory-driven but empirically-oriented researches by authors from France, England, Germany, Austria and Switzerland on examples of literature and literary life from the 17th to the 20th century. These contributions extend Bourdiean analysis in a geographical, historical and thematic sense, and constitute, where necessary, a critique and/or further development of his ideas.

Bourdieu in der literaturwissenschaftlichen Praxis

Text und Feld

Jörg Döring

Although W.G. Sebald established a link between the life and work of Alfred Andersch, which became the subject of a scandal, his approach was strongly rejected by many, especially in Germany, as an inadmissible combination of fundamentally different aspects. It thus remains unclear to this day how literary construction and autobiographical material are actually related in the case of Andersch. Literary scholars and historians are now working closely on resolving the issue. Their findings, presented in this volume, will be of interest to all those who occupy themselves with the problems and merits of post-war German literature.

Werkbiographische Studien im Zeichen der Sebald-Debatte

Alfred Andersch 'revisited'

Carsten Gansel

Monika Wolting

Biographische Informationen Prof. Dr. Carsten Gansel lehrt Neuere deutsche Literatur und Literatur- und Mediendidaktik an der Universität Gießen. Dr. Markus Joch ist Associate Professor am Department of German Literature der Keio University in Tokyo. Dr. habil. Monika Wolting ist wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Germanistischen Institut der Universität Wrocław. Reihe Deutschsprachige Gegenwartsliteratur und Medien - Band 015.

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