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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.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Transformation of Failure
• Subtitle: A Critical Analysis of Character Presentation in the Novels of Wolfgang Koeppen
• Author: Carole Hanbidge
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 283
• EAN: 9780820400471
• ISBN: 9780820400471
• ID: 01033674
• Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
• Weight: 464 g
• Dimensions: 157 × 225 × 18 mm
• Date of publishing: 31. December 1983

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