Against the Horizon: Feminism and Postwar Austrian Women Writers (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780313258633)

This is the only English-language book to deal in depth with Austrian women writers of the postwar and contemporary period. It is a comparative study of the works of Marlen Haushofer, Ingeborg Bachmann, Barbara Frischmuth, Elfriede Jelinek, and Brigitte Schwaiger. Their works are examined in light of their criticism of women's position in Austrian society, the writers' relationship to feminism, and the influence of the change in women's status on their literature. Vansant's introduction provides a broad historical overview and discusses some of the factors influencing the development of women's literature in Austria from 1918 to the present.

Author: Jacqueline Vansant,Leonard Grob,Riffat Hassan
ISBN-10: 0313258635
ISBN-13: 9780313258633
Publisher: Praeger
Language: English
Published: 03/25/1988
Pages: 188
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.04lbs
Size: 9.62h x 6.40w x 0.77d