Vees-Gulani, Susanne
Trauma and Guilt

Literature of Wartime Bombing in Germany.

This book analyzes postwar literary works on large area bombings of German cities both in the context of trauma theory and questions of guilt and shame about Germany's Nazi past, embedding the recent debate surrounding the air war of World War II and its influence on German culture in a broader historical, societal, and psychological context. In particular, the study addresses works by Nossack, Borchert, Ledig, Kluge, Kempowski, Forte, Sebald, W. Schmidt, Klemperer, Biermann, Kunert, Vonnegut, Mulisch, and Coulonges. 217 Seiten mit 9 Abb., gebunden (Walter de Gruyter Verlag 2003) leichte Lagerspuren