Historiography and Fiction: Siegfried Lenz and the «Historikerstreit»

By: Halverson, Rachel J.

This book examines Siegfried Lenz' Deutschstunde (1968), Das Vorbild (1973) and Heimatmuseum (1978) and the Historikerstreit in West Germany. The analysis of retrospective narratives in Lenz' novels, a definitive literary statement on how a personal history is created, and the dialogue between the participants in the Historikerstreit links individual history with the public debate. Thus, parallels between retrospective narratives...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820412880
• ISBN13: 9780820412887
• Release Date: February 1991
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 173 Pages