{"product_id":"the-german-epic-in-the-matthew-d-miller-9780810137325","title":"The German Epic in the Cold War: Peter Weiss, Uwe Johnson, and Alexander Kluge","description":"\u003cp\u003eMatthew Miller's \u003ci\u003eThe German Epic in the Cold War\u003c\/i\u003e explores the literary evolution of the modern epic in postwar German literature. Examining works by Peter Weiss, Uwe Johnson, and Alexander Kluge, it illustrates imaginative artistic responses in German fiction to the physical and ideological division of post-World War II Germany. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Miller analyzes three ambitious German-language epics from the second half of the twentieth century: Weiss's \u003ci\u003eDie Ästhetik des Widerstands\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe Aesthetics of Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e), Johnson's \u003ci\u003eJahrestage\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eAnniversaries\u003c\/i\u003e), and Kluge's \u003ci\u003eChronik der Gefühle\u003c\/i\u003e (Chronicle of Feelings). In them, he traces the epic's unlikely reemergence after the catastrophes of World War II and the Shoah and its continuity across the historical watershed of 1989-91, defined by German unification and the dissolution of the Soviet Union. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Building on Franco Moretti's codification of the literary form of the modern epic, Miller demonstrates the epic's ability to understand the past; to come to terms with ethical, social, and political challenges in the second half of the twentieth century in German-speaking Europe and beyond; and to debate and envision possible futures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew D. Miller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810137321\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810137325\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwestern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2019","brand":"Matthew D. Miller","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49096744468735,"sku":"9780810137325","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-german-epic-in-the-matthew-d-miller-9780810137325","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}