Writing Europe

What Is European about the Literatures of Europe? Essays from 33 European Countries
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-963-9241-89-3
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press

Buch, Englisch, 358 Seiten, Format (B × H): 176 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 667 g

What do we mean by Europe? Thirty-three renowned authors from 33 European countries attempt an answer-in serious, ironic, skeptical, or optimistic tones. Their essays, written for the symposium held at the Literaturhaus Hamburg in 2003, reflect the astonishing diversity of European cultures. Not only are the style and experience of the individual authors remarkable for their distinctiveness, but their perspectives and views also appear to have little in common-at first glance.

The editors have created a unique literary project, a milestone in the vitally necessary cultural discourse about Europe.

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Keller, Ursula

Rakuša, Ilma

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Europäische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Ursula Keller - Germany, Writing EuropeIlma Rakusa - SwitzerlandImpressions and Conversations during the IntervalsGuðbergur Bergsson - Island, Europe UntitledAndrei Bitov - Russia, The Literary Hero as HeroHans Maarten van den Brink - The Netherlands Language and TerrorMircea C?rt?rescu - RomaniaEurope Has the Shape of My BrainStefan Chwin - Poland, The Nursery School Teacher from Tversk StreetAleš Debeljak - SloveniaConcentric Circles of IdentityJörn Donner - Finnland, Europe from the FringeMario Fortunato - Italy, Europe?Eugenio Fuentes - Spain, The Western BlocJens Christian Grøndahl - Denmark, Notes of an EscapistDurs Grünbein - Germany, Europa's LoversDaniela Hodrová - Czech Republic, Woven Into the WebPanos Ioannides - CyprusEurope in My Prose and My Theatrical WorkMirela Ivanova - BulgariaEurope — One Way of Reading ItLídia Jorge - Portugal, A Sort of Huge PortugalDževad Karahasan - BosniaEurope Writes in TimeFatos Lubonja - Albania, Between the Local and the UniversalAdolf Muschg - SwitzerlandEurope or Eleuthera, City of the MnemosynePéter Nádas - Hungary, In the Intimacy of Literary WritingEmine Sevgi Özdamar - TurkeyGuest FacesGeir Pollen - Norway, On the European Ingredient in the TextJean Rouaud - France, In Memory of Ernst WiechertRobert Schindel - Austria, We're All Right. Europe's Influence on My WritingIvan štrpka - Slovakia, Oh, Children Smeared with Honey and with BloodRichard Swartz - Sweden, The Light Falls on MeNikos Themelis - Greece, Looking for a Widened Self-AwarenessEmil Tode - EstoniaEurope, a Blot of InkColm Toíbín - IrelandThe Future of EuropeJean-Philippe Toussaint - Belgium, You Are Leaving the American SectorDubravka Ugreši? - Croatia, European Literature as a Eurovision Song ContestDragan Veliki? - Serbia, B-EuropeTomas Venclova - Lithuania, What Can Lithuania Give to Present-Day EuropeM?ra Z?l?te - Latvia, Unfinished Thoughts

Über Autor(innen)

Ursula Keller is publicist, film-maker, dramaturg. She is programme director at the Literaturhaus Hamburg.

Ilma Rakusa is writer and publicist, holds a PhD in literature and is the translator of numerous works from the Russian, French, Hungarian, and the Serbo-Croat.