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The Transformation of Failure

A critical analysis of character presentation in the novels of Wolfgang Koeppen

by Carole Hanbidge (Author)
©1983 Others IV, 280 Pages
Series: American University Studies , Volume 25

Summary

This study of Wolfgang Koeppen's two pre-war and three post-war novels demonstrates a continuity both in Koeppen's thematic concerns and in the underlying development of his characters throughout the five novels. Often the novels have been treated as works of pessi- mistic social and political criticism: by contrast, this detailed analysis of the unique creative inner lives and the corresponding spiritual development of the characters - with the exception of Johannes von Süde in Die Mauer schwankt - demonstrates the narrator's positive assessment of the characters and the increa- singly optimistic tendency of the novels.

Details

Pages
IV, 280
Publication Year
1983
ISBN (Softcover)
9780820400471
Language
English
Published
New York, Bern, Frankfurt/M., Nancy, 1983. IV, 280 pp.
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Biographical notes

Carole Hanbidge (Author)

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