TY  - BOOK
AU  - Margarete Lamb-Faffelberger
AU  - Gabriele Petricek
PY  - 2022
CY  - New York, United States of America
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 2640-754X
SN  - 9781433185236
TI  - PASSAGES: Crossings • Borders • Openings
T2  - In Conversation with Austrian Writers: The Austrian-American Podium Dialog
DO  - 10.3726/b18837
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1177342
N2  - This volume documents the triple-series Austrian-American Podium Dialog held at Lafayette College in 2013, 2015, and 2018 to which twelve Austrian authors were invited and paired with scholars from American universities and colleges. After the introductory essays that explain how the symposia came about and what took place, the volume offers seventeen literary texts, in their original German as well as in English translations, that were read during the symposia followed by seven scholarly essays that introduce the Austrian writers and provide insightful interpretations of their diverse literatures. Excerpts from conversations among the writers, scholars and German undergraduate students give testimony to the enlightened and spirited dialogs about the role of literature and their personal writing and the literary production in today’s Austria. Additionally, two scholars reflect on their experiences and tell how they influenced their subsequent collaboration with the writers at their respective universities. The entire volume, intended for reading and teaching Austrian literature not only in German departments but also in English and comparative literature departments, is accessible to English-speakers.
LA  - English
ER  -