The Transformation of Failure

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

von Carole Hanbidge

280 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: American University Studies
• Themen: Biographie, Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft Geschichte und Kritik Literaturwissenschaft, allgemein 1900 bis 2000
• ISBN: 9780820400471
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 31.12.1983
• Größe: 21 x 14.8 cm
• Verlag: Peter Lang Publishing Inc. New York