An Aethetics of Narrative Performance : Transnational Theater, Literature, and Film in Contemporary Germany / by Breger, Claudia

Table of Contents: “…The return of authoritative narration -- A new aesthetics of proximity : the turn to presence -- In summary : gestures of closure.…”
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Oil Fictions : World Literature and Our Contemporary Petrosphere /

Table of Contents: “…7 Documenting "Cheap Nature" in Amitav Ghosh's The Glass Palace: A Petro-aesthetic Critique --…”
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As German as Kafka : Identity and Singularity in German Literature around 1900 and 2000 / by Rock, Lene

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Constitutive outsiders -- Aesthetes between identity and opposition -- City dwellers between difference and indifference -- Family heroes between myth and storytelling -- Conclusion the fallibility of Bildung.…”
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Everyday Consumption in Twenty-First-Century Brazilian Fiction / by Bezerra, Lígia

Table of Contents: “…Laub's A maçã envenenada: Between Kurt Cobain and Imaculee Ilibagiza -- Conclusion -- Chapter Five Working-Class Consumption -- Consuming Together -- Aesthetic Interruptions of the Mundane -- Low and High -- Tactical Consumption -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- About the Book -- About the Author…”
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