This study evaluates the reception of Martin Walser's novels by critics and reviewers between 1957 and 1978 in West Germany, East Germany, Britain and the USA. It demonstrates the connection between the aesthetic responses and the political positions of the critics. The novel Jenseits der Liebe is identified as both a turning point in Walser's development and as a case of inconsistent reception by critics. Walser's treatment of the political psychology of the salaried employee with its deep loyalty conflicts disturbed the critics more profoundly than the identity problems of his earlier and later heroes.
- ISBN10 3631328389
- ISBN13 9783631328385
- Publish Date 1 September 1998
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country DE
- Imprint Peter Lang GmbH
- Format Paperback
- Pages 238
- Language English