{"product_id":"herta-muller-bettina-brandt-9780803245105","title":"Herta M?ler: Politics and Aesthetics","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo languages--German and Romanian--inform the novels, essays, and collage poetry of Nobel laureate Herta M?ler. Describing her writing as \"autofictional,\" M?ler depicts the effects of violence, cruelty, and terror on her characters based on her own experiences in Communist Romania under the repressive Nicolae Ceauşescu regime. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHerta M?ler: Politics and Aesthetics\u003c\/i\u003e explores M?ler's writings from different literary, cultural, and historical perspectives. Part 1 features M?ler's Nobel lecture, five new collage poems, and an interview with Ernest Wichner, a German-Romanian author who has traveled with her and sheds light on her writing. Parts 2 and 3, featuring essays by scholars from across Europe and the United States, address the political and poetical aspects of M?ler's texts. Contributors discuss life under the Romanian Communist dictatorship while also stressing key elements of M?ler's poetics, which promises both self-conscious formal experimentation and political intervention. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the first books in English to thoroughly examine M?ler's writing, this volume addresses audiences with an interest in dissident, exile, migration, experimental, and transnational literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bettina Brandt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803245106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803245105\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.11w x 0.76d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2014\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bettina Brandt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926185640191,"sku":"9780803245105","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_82a94ee2-3f10-42a8-be12-7006e3d66945.jpg?v=1681081676","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/herta-muller-bettina-brandt-9780803245105","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}