The Transformation of Failure: A Critical Analysis of Character Presentation in the Novels of Wolfgang Koeppen (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780820400471)

This study of Wolfgang Koeppen's two pre-war and three post-war novels demonstrates a continuity both in Koeppen's thematic concerns and in the underlying development of his characters throughout the five novels. Often the novels have been treated as works of pessi- mistic social and political criticism: by contrast, this detailed analysis of the unique creative inner lives and the corresponding spiritual development of the characters - with the exception of Johannes von Süde in Die Mauer schwankt - demonstrates the narrator's positive assessment of the characters and the increa- singly optimistic tendency of the novels.

Author: Carole Hanbidge
ISBN-10: 0820400475
ISBN-13: 9780820400471
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
Language: English
Published: 12/31/1983
Pages: 283
Format: Paperback