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Understanding Thomas Bernhard Understanding Modern European and Latin American Literature
author
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Dowden, Stephen D.
publisher
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University of South Carolina Press
isbn10 | asin
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0872497593
print isbn13
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9780872497597
ebook isbn13
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9780585332949
language
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English
subject
Bernhard, Thomas--Criticism and interpretation.
publication date
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1991
lcc
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PT2662.E7Z65 1991eb
ddc
:
838/.91409
subject
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Bernhard, Thomas--Criticism and interpretation.
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Understanding Thomas Bernhard
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Understanding Modern European and Latin American Literature
James Hardin, Series Editor
Advisory Board
George C. Schoolfield Yale University
Theodore Ziolkowski Princeton University
Michael Winkler Rice University
Charles Porter Yale University
Roberto Gonzlez-Echevarra Yale University
Sara Castro-Klarn The Johns Hopkins University
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Understanding Thomas Bernhard
Stephen D. Dowden
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Copyright 1991 University of South Carolina
Published in Columbia, South Carolina, by the University of South Carolina Press
Manufactured in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Dowden, Stephen D. Understanding Thomas Bernhard / Stephen D. Dowden. p. cm. (Understanding modern European and Latin American literature) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-87249-759-3 (alk. paper) 1. Bernhard, ThomasCriticism and interpretation. I. Title. II. Series. PT2662.E7Z65 1991 838'.91409dc20 91-11970
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For Zena* Redrock
Page vii
Contents
Editor's Preface
ix
Preface
xi
A Note on Translations
xv
Chronology
xvi
Chapter 1: Introduction
1
Chapter 2: The Inability to Sleep: Frost and Gargoyles
11
Chapter 3: Sacrificial Sisters: The Lime Works and Correction
29
Chapter 4: The Spirit of Anarchy: Autobiographical Works
43
Chapter 5: The Hidden Wound: Old Masters and Auslschung (Obliteration)
59
Chapter 6: Bernhard as Playwright
71
Bibliography
85
Index
97
Page ix
Editor's Preface
Understanding Modern European and Latin American Literature has been planned as a series of guides to the life and writings of prominent modern authors and their most important works. Modern literature makes special demands, and this is particularly true of foreign literature, in which the reader must contend not only with unfamiliar, often arcane artistic conventions and philosophical concepts, but also with the handicap of reading the literature in translation. It is a truism that the nuances of one language can be rendered in another only imperfectly (and this problem is especially acute in fiction), but the fact that the works of European and Latin American writers are situated in a historical and cultural setting quite different from our own can be as great a hindrance to the understanding of these works as the linguistic barrier.
For this reason, the UMELL series will emphasize the sociological and historical backgrounds of the writers treated. The peculiar philosophical and cultural traditions of a given culture may be particularly important for an understanding of certain authors, and these will be taken up in the introductory chapter and also in the discussion of those works to which this information is relevant. Beyond this, the books will treat the specifically literary aspects of the author under discussion and attempt to explain the complexities of contemporary literature lucidly. The books are conceived as introductions to the authors covered, not as comprehensive analyses. Nor do they provide detailed summaries of plot since they are meant to be used in conjunction with the books they treat, not as a substitute for the study of the original works. The purpose of the books is to provide information and judicious literary assessment of the major works in the most compact, readable form. It is our hope that the UMELL series will help to increase our knowledge and understanding of the European and Latin American cultures and will serve to make the literature of those cultures more accessible.
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