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Im Spiegel der Literatur answers the need for a fresh, uptodate literary reader for intermediate and advancedintermediate students of German. Its rich and teachable selections are edited to help students understand and enjoy twentiethcentury German literature. Thirtytwo selections, spanning from 1900 to 1990, from turnofthecentury romantic tales to sketches of street life during the 'velvet revolution' of 1989. Stories are arranged in order of publication.A variety of shortprose formsshort story, surrealist story, parable, anecdote, novella, fairy tale, and experimental textsprovide a range of lengths and level of difficulty.Generous representation of major authors, among them, Rilke, Mann, Hesse, Kafka, and Brecht, works by women (eight selections), and writers from different Germanspeaking cultures and countriesAustria, Switzerland, writers from the former German Democratic Republic, a Turkish refugee in Berlin, as well as authors from the Federal Republic.Linguistic aidsextensive GermanEnglish glosses throughout the texts and a thorough GermanEnglish endvocabularyhelp students read more insightfully.Brief biographical introductions in German to the author and the historical and cultural setting help contextualize the works.Guiding questions precede each selection and are intended to facilitate close reading, analysis, and interpretation. Specialized literary terminology is defined in a Glossary of Terms.
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