Author | : Conference on Austrian Literature and Culture (2001 : Lafayette College) |
Publisher | : Peter Lang |
Release Date | : 2004 |
ISBN 10 | : 0820461563 |
Pages | : 259 pages |
Rating | : 4.4/5 (615 users) |
Download or read book Visions and Visionaries in Contemporary Austrian Literature and Film written by Conference on Austrian Literature and Culture (2001 : Lafayette College) and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2004 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visions and Visionaries is an apt title for this volume of essays on contemporary Austrian literature and film, because this collection offers insightful discussions of a gallery of significant authors and cultural figures. It also investigates important issues of style and genre, and portrays questions of Austrian identity and culture in rich contexts of recent literary and multi-media developments, cross-cultural interactions, and historical forces. This book encompasses relevant trends and notions from the past - especially the complexities of lingering effects of the Nazi era - along with issues of the future - in particular the present and anticipated interactions of culture and cyberspace. The essays are enhanced by poems by Evelyn Schlag and Gerhard Kofler.