{"product_id":"9781501351518","title":"Thomas Bernhard's Afterlives","description":"\u003ch3\u003eNew Directions in German Studies\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eThomas Bernhard's Afterlives\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eOlaf Berwald | Imke Meyer | Stephen D. Dowden | Gregor Thuswaldner\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ European \/ German\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his prose fiction, memoirs, poetry, and drama, Thomas Bernhard (1931-1989)--one of the 20th century's most uniquely gifted writers--created a new and radical style, seemingly out of thin air. His books never “tell a story” in the received sense. Instead, he rages on the page, he rants and spews vitriol about the moral failures of his homeland, Austria, in the long amnesiac aftermath of the Second World War. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYet this furious prose, seemingly shapeless but composed with unparalleled musicality, and taxing by conventional standards, has been powerfully echoed in many writers since Bernhard's death in 1989. These explorers have found in Bernhard's singular accomplishment new paths for the expression of life and truth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas Bernhard's Afterlives\u003c\/i\u003e examines the international mobilization of Bernhard's style. Writers in Italian, German, Spanish, Hungarian, English, and French have succeeded in making Bernhard's Austrian vision an international vision. This book tells that story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOlaf Berwald\u003c\/b\u003e is Chair of the Department of Foreign Languages and Professor of German at Kennesaw State University, USA. His most recent book is \u003ci\u003eA Companion to the Works of Max Frisch \u003c\/i\u003e(2013). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteve Dowden \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of German Literature at Brandeis University, USA.  He is the author of three previous books, including \u003ci\u003eKafka's Castle and the Critical Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), and the editor or co-editor of four books, including \u003ci\u003eTragedy and the Tragic in German Literature, Art, and Thought\u003c\/i\u003e (2014; co-edited with Thomas P. Quinn).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGregor Thuswaldner\u003c\/b\u003e is Provost and Executive Vice President at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington, USA. His most recent book is \u003ci\u003eThe Hermeneutics \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eof Hell: Visions and Representations of the Devil in World Literature \u003c\/i\u003e(2017).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e01 October 2020\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781501351518\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e264\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332724686988,"sku":"9781501351518","price":144.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_66cd1b69-b8c0-4298-a973-06231e1a4ee2.jpg?v=1783605303","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781501351518","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}