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Author:
Itkin, Alan, author.
Title:
Underworlds of memory : W.G. Sebald's epic journeys through the past / Alan Itkin.
Publisher:
Northwestern University Press,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
257 pages cm
Subject:
Sebald, W. G.--(Winfried Georg),--1944-2001--Criticism and interpretation.
German literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Memory in literature.
Epic literature--20th century--History and criticism.
Notes:
Revision of the author's thesis--University of Michigan, 2011. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction. Sebald's modern epics -- Katabasis : space and memory -- Classical underworlds as spaces of memory -- Sebald's underworlds of memory -- Ekphrasis : history and representation -- Staging poetic theory in encounters with works of art -- "A synoptic and artificial view" -- Nostos : exile and closure -- Exile as a disturbance of memory -- Sebald's epics without homecoming -- Conclusion. Epic today.
ISBN:
0810134829
9780810134829
0810134810
9780810134812
0810134802
9780810134805
OCLC:
(OCoLC)958780901
LCCN:
2017000241
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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