Intertextual Exoticism - (New Directions in German Studies) by Richard Sperber (Hardcover)
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- Richard Sperber reads a body of non-canonical German exoticist literature published after imperial Germany's loss of colonial Oceania in 1914, applying theories of "intertextuality" (Kristeva) and recent scholarship on literary exoticism to explore Germany's postwar crises of psychology, masculinity, and national identity mapped onto Oceanic spaces.
- About the Author: Richard Sperber is Associate Professor of German and Spanish at Carthage College, USA.
- 376 Pages
- Literary Criticism, European
- Series Name: New Directions in German Studies
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Examines how Imperial Germany's loss of Oceania after the First World War and its post-war crises of national identity played out in a body of German exoticist literature about Oceania published after 1914.Book Synopsis
Richard Sperber reads a body of non-canonical German exoticist literature published after imperial Germany's loss of colonial Oceania in 1914, applying theories of "intertextuality" (Kristeva) and recent scholarship on literary exoticism to explore Germany's postwar crises of psychology, masculinity, and national identity mapped onto Oceanic spaces. Through analyzing the nuances between narratives that make up these exotic texts, and also by comparing German exotic literatures about Oceania with other canonized adventure texts set in European colonies, such as Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Sperber defines a genre of transnational and intertextual postwar literature that brings new perspectives on the conditions of colonial loss.
About the Author
Richard Sperber is Associate Professor of German and Spanish at Carthage College, USA. He is the author of The Discourse of Flanerie in Antonio Muñoz Molina's Texts (2015).Shipping details
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