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Understanding W. G. Sebald (Understanding Modern European and Latin American Literature),Used
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A thorough dissection of Sebald's fiction and his recent acclaimUnderstanding W. G. Sebald introduces readers to a novelist and poet regarded as one of the most original talents of the late twentieth century. A German writer who taught in England for thirty years, W. G. Sebald published four novels, first in German and then in English. These worksVertigo, The Emigrants, The Rings of Saturn, and Austerlitzare unlike fiction as usually understood. Enthusiastically received by critics and general readers alike, Sebald's work gained even greater acclaim after his death in 2001, just months after the publication of Austerlitz.In this companion to the writer's fiction, Mark R. McCulloh investigates the reasons for Sebald's almost universal appeal. He also explores the themes, issues, and influences that dominate the writer's oeuvre. Suggesting that Sebald essentially had two literary careersas his works appeared in Germanspeaking Europe and then as they appeared in the Englishspeaking worldMcCulloh outlines the writer's reception in his homeland and in translation. McCulloh illumines the vast knowledge of European literatures that Sebald drew upon in composing his recursive and allusive narratives. He also sheds light on the interconnections that lurk beneath the surface of the writer's haunting landscapes and poignant memoirs.McCulloh examines Sebald's syncretic style, a unique kind of "literary monism" that includes elements of memoir, cultural critique, literary history, meditation, travelogue, biography, autobiography, and even crime story. Sebald's holistic approach, according to McCulloh, points to an overarching "spatial" concept of time in which all eventspast, present, and futureexist simultaneously. In addition, McCulloh discusses the writer's other thematic concerns, including the elusiveness of identity, the effects of exile, the destructive forces of history, the power of love, and the nature of the creative process itself.
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