Translated from the German. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Rethinking Goethe's World Literature through Questions of Authorship -- Four Modes of Authorship across the German Twentieth Century -- The Exemplary Creator: Modelling Authorship in Post-War West Germany -- The Exemplary Pedagogue: Alternative Foundations for Belonging in the GDR -- Mediating Authorship in Berlin and Frankfurt, 1959-1989 -- After the Death of the Author: The Rise of the Utopian Mode, 1988-2018 -- New Collaborations: Models of Transnational Authorship in Contemporary German-speaking Europe -- In Conversation: Ulrike Draesner: On Creating Contexts for Literature -- In Conversation: Olga Martynova on Living in Multiple Literary Worlds -- In Conversation: Ulrike Almut Sandig on Collaborating across Media, Genres, and Countries.
Summary:
"Reconstructing literary practice across the last 75 years of carefully contextualized German history, this study provides a new ontology of authorship: how literature is created by people and why this matters to the wider world"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.