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Title: Aesthetics and Politics in Modern German Culture

Aesthetics and Politics in Modern German Culture

Festschrift in Honour of Rhys W. Williams

by Brigid Haines (Volume editor) Stephen Parker (Volume editor) Colin Riordan (Volume editor)
©2010 Others X, 284 Pages
German Studies

Summary

The papers, the appreciation and the poem that are collected in this volume were delivered at the conference, Aesthetics and Politics in Modern German Culture, which was held from 31 August to 2 September 2008 at the University of Wales Conference Centre, Gregynog Hall, in honour of Professor Rhys W. Williams upon his retirement from the Chair of German at Swansea University. The contributions focus on broad themes in modern German culture, all of which reflect Rhys Williams’ research interests: Expressionism and Neue Sachlichkeit; Representing/Resisting National Socialism; West German Writing; GDR Spaces and Voices; Exploring Masculinities in Fiction; Performing Politics, Performing Humour; Intertexts and Difference; and Lives and Letters.

Details

Pages
X, 284
Year
2010
ISBN (Hardcover)
9783039113552
Language
English
Keywords
National Socialism German culture Performing Politics Performing Humour
Published
Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien, 2010. X, 284 pp., 2 ill.

Biographical notes

Brigid Haines (Volume editor) Stephen Parker (Volume editor) Colin Riordan (Volume editor)

The Editors: Brigid Haines is Reader in German at Swansea University. Stephen Parker is Henry Simon Professor of German at the University of Manchester. Colin Riordan is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Essex and was Professor of German at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

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