{"product_id":"guenter-grasss-danzig-quintet-katharina-hall-9783039109012","title":"Guenter Grass's 'Danzig Quintet': Explorations in the Memory and History of the Nazi Era from Die Blechtrommel to Im Krebsgang","description":"This study extends the long-established notion of Grass's 'Danzig Trilogy' to that of the 'Danzig Quintet' - a literary project of epic proportions, which explores the evolution of Germany's relationship to its Nazi past over a period of forty years. \u003cbr\u003e The interlocking stories of \u003ci\u003eDie Blechtrommel \u003c\/i\u003e(1959), \u003ci\u003eKatz und Maus \u003c\/i\u003e(1961), \u003ci\u003eHundejahre \u003c\/i\u003e(1963), \u003ci\u003eörtlich betäubt \u003c\/i\u003e(1969) and \u003ci\u003eIm Krebsgang \u003c\/i\u003e(2002) are mediated by the memory and language of seven first-person narrators. Using the dual conceptualisation of memory developed by Freud and Lacan - 'reliving' versus 'recollecting' the past - the author shows how these narrators' accounts assert the reality of the Holocaust (as well as German wartime suffering), while highlighting the reluctance of ordinary Germans to admit their involvement in the Nazi regime. \u003cbr\u003e This delineation of the complex relationship of three generations to their history is deepened by the intertextual nature of the quintet. Using the theory of Peter Brooks, Umberto Eco, Shoshana Felman and Hayden White, the study explores how Grass's textual strategies encourage the reader to view all five works as one overarching narrative, while simultaneously avoiding any literary or historical closure. In the process, the study places each book in the context of its moment of production, and also considers the implications of Grass's belated admission, in August 2006, that he served with the \u003ci\u003eWaffen-SS\u003c\/i\u003e during the final months of World War Two.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Katharina Hall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3039109014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783039109012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/05\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 215\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Katharina Hall","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48486778568959,"sku":"9783039109012","price":80.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_452a5e0a-aba0-4d0c-b046-82c6e4018601.jpg?v=1778056649","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/guenter-grasss-danzig-quintet-katharina-hall-9783039109012","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}