This is the first complete and comprehensive book in English on the important postwar German writers known as Group 47. The group, established in 1947 after the newspaper "Der Ruf "was banned, was inspired by a belief in the effectiveness of literature to change society, and for two decades served as initiator of new trends and barometer of changing literary tastes and social conditions.There are so many important writers connected with the group that Mandel had divided his book into chapters covering the various genres produced, but has considered in detail the works of major writers while discussing many lesser ones.Mandel s book is, therefore, a history of German postwar literature and its ideology, and also a critical encyclopedia of individual authors."
- ISBN10 0809306417
- ISBN13 9780809306411
- Publish Date 1 October 1973
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 22 July 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Southern Illinois University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 248
- Language English