Overview
- Examines debates around the genre classification of nature writing
- Considers German environmental literature broadly
- Provides broad historical context for German nature poetry
Part of the book series: Literatures, Cultures, and the Environment (LCE)
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This volume examines the topic of German-language nature writing in a broad historical context spanning more than two centuries. It brings together contributions on the debates of the category 'Nature Writing’ by numerous renowned international scholars. It discusses literary texts of natural history, nature exploration, nature poetry perception and reflection by German-speaking authors since the 18th century, including texts by Ulrike Draesner and on Esther Kinsky’s writing. The book asks whether the here discussed texts can, should, or may also be labeled as 'Nature Writing' and how this new perspective on German literary history might change traditional classifications such as “Naturlyrik” (nature poetry) in German literary history.
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Gabriele Dürbeck is Professor of Literature and Culture Studies at the University of Vechta, Germany.
Christine Kanz is Professor of Modern German Literature within the “Cluster Mitte” co-operation in Linz and Salzburg, Austria and is Visiting Professor at Ghent University, Belgium.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: German-Language Nature Writing from Eighteenth Century to the Present
Book Subtitle: Controversies, Positions, Perspectives
Editors: Gabriele Dürbeck, Christine Kanz
Series Title: Literatures, Cultures, and the Environment
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50910-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-50909-4Published: 12 May 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-50912-4Due: 12 June 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-50910-0Published: 11 May 2024
Series ISSN: 2946-3157
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3165
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 348
Topics: Literary Theory, Literature, general, Literary History, European Literature