Transitions : Emerging Women Writers in German-Language Literature

Trends And Transitions In Contemporary German-language Writing By Women / Valerie Heffernan & Gillian Pye -- The Re-construction And Deconstruction Of A Family Narrative: Eva Menasse's Vienna / Daphne Seemann -- No Place Like Home? Eleonora Hummel And The Russian German Past / Linda Shortt -- Perspectives On The Borderline: Julia Franck's Lagerfeuer / Valerie Heffernan -- Sewing An Account Of Oneself: Materiality, Femininity, And Germaness In Larissa Boehning's Lichte Stoffe / Emily Jeremiah -- Jenny Erpenbeck And The Life Of Things / Gillian Pye -- New-economy Zombies: Kathrin Röggla's Wir Schlafen Nicht / Elaine Martin -- Illness, Creativity And Self-discovery In Lea Gottheil's Sommervogel / Siobhán Donovan -- Writing On The Threshold: Memory, Language And Identity In Kathrin Schmidt's Du Stirbst Nicht / Deirdre Byrnes -- Politicising Desire In Juli Zeh's Spieltrieb / Carrie Smith-prei & Lars Richter -- Cartographies Of Self: Ilma Rakusa's Autobiographical Narrative Mehr Meer. Erinnerungspassagen / Carmel Finnan. Edited By Valerie Heffernan & Gillian Pye. This Volume Developed Out Of A One-day Symposium Entitled Emerging Women Writers, Which Was Held At The National University Of Ireland Maynooth In April 2010. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.