Women Writers and National Identity: Bachmann, Duden, Özdamar

by Stephanie Bird

Book Overview

Stephanie Bird presents a detailed analysis of the twin themes of female and national identity within the works of three major twentieth-century German-language women writers. Bird stresses the importance of understanding ambiguity, tension and contradiction in the fictional narratives of Ingeborg Bachmann, Anne Duden and Emine zdamar. She studies the three writers closely and draws on feminist theory and psychoanalysis to clarify the complex nature...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521109884
• ISBN13: 9780521109888
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"