This study explores Heinrich B???ll's 'aesthetic thinking', as it is expressed in the author's disparate and voluminous writings on literature. B???ll's work in this field is situated in the multi-faceted context of social, political, and cultural developments in post-war Germany, and is shown to be an important adjunct to the novels and stories which were honoured with the Nobel Prize for Literature. An understanding of Heinrich B???ll's 'aesthetic thinking' can illuminate the writer's fiction in an intriguing way. In ...
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This study explores Heinrich B???ll's 'aesthetic thinking', as it is expressed in the author's disparate and voluminous writings on literature. B???ll's work in this field is situated in the multi-faceted context of social, political, and cultural developments in post-war Germany, and is shown to be an important adjunct to the novels and stories which were honoured with the Nobel Prize for Literature. An understanding of Heinrich B???ll's 'aesthetic thinking' can illuminate the writer's fiction in an intriguing way. In particular, B???ll's defence of the 'rationality of poetry' raises issues which reverberate in continuing debates on the social validity of literature.
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Volume 122. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 600grams, ISBN: 9051839898.