The Female Adolescent in Exile in Works by Irina Odoevtseva, Nina Berberova, Irmgard Keun, and Ilse Tielsch - Hardcover

Harwell, Xenia S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0820449571 ISBN 13: 9780820449579

Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers, 2000

Synopsis

The condition of exile, a wide-ranging phenomenon of the twentieth century, has been of considerable interest to writers and scholars alike. Focusing on the novels Izol’da by Irina Odoevtseva, Mys bur’ by Nina Berberova, Kind aller Länder by Irmgard Keun, and Heimatsuchen by Ilse Tielsch, this book is the first in its field to examine the literary representation of the adolescent girl in exile. It explores the interplay of themes and images relating to adolescence, femaleness, and exile through a close reading of each individual text as well as from a comparative perspective. This book highlights the work of four women writers who have only recently begun to gain scholarly recognition. Additionally, it situates both the works and their authors in their historical context and in the context of Slavic or Germanic scholarship.

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About the Author:

The Author: Xenia Srebrianski Harwell is Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian and German at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana. She received her Ph.D. in modern foreign languages from The University of Tennessee-Knoxville, her M.A. in Russian literature from Vanderbilt University, and her B.A. with a double major in Russian and German language and literature from Barnard College. She has been a Fulbright fellow at the University of Vienna, a Herman E. Spivey fellow at the University of Tennessee, and a Fascell fellow with the U.S. Department of State.

About this edition

• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0820449571
• ISBN 13: 9780820449579
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 175