Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as. The travel report continues, and the trail is followed. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. After ten years of war, troy has fallen to the greeks, and cassandra is now a prisoner, shackled outside the gates of agamemnons mycenae. Dec, 2011 when christa wolfs memorial is held tonight in berlin, it wont be just a farewell to a writer but a national event. She was one of the bestknown writers to emerge from the former east germany. Cassandra by christa wolf overdrive rakuten overdrive. Guardian one of the most prominent and controversial novelists of her generation. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. In 1980 east german author christa wolf took a trip to greece accompanied by her husband, gerhard. Travel report, about the accidental surfacing and gradual fabrication of a literary personage. The style is a classic stream of conscience, quite possibly the reason why this book is so demanding. Kassandra by christa wolf and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
From a womens studies pointofview, this novel has a multitude of wellknown female characters from greek mythology and wolf has many new takes on what are considered the core facts of these myths. See all books authored by christa wolf, including kassandra, and medea. Her classics are being reprinted and new titles are appearing posthumously, becoming bestsellers, and being translated. Christa wolf, 14 books christa wolf, 9 books angela drescher, 4 books sonja hilzinger, 2 books michelle mattson, 2 books andrea rota, 2 books wolfram mauser, 2 books ulrike growe, 1 book stefanie risse, 1 book anna katharina kuhn, 1 book christine maisch, 1 book dorothea ortmann, 1 book colin e. Thereby wolf provides critique of the patriarchal order as well as the power relations dictated by patriarchs and so scratches away the entire male tradition. A work diary, about the stuff life and dreams are made of. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading cassandra. A novel and four essays by christa wolf, paperback. Aug 21, 2011 kassandra by christa wolf, 9783518189214, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Christa wolf kasandra download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi.
Click download or read online button to get christa wolf kasandra book now. Unearthing a posthumanist ecological socialism in christa wolfs selbstversuch, kassandra and storfall deborah janson 81. Uber christa wolf german edition by sonja hilzinger and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Though many of the plot points remain the samejasons journey to colchis to claim the golden fleece, his. In 1982 she was awarded a guest lectureship at the university of frankfurt, where in may she delivered a series of five lectures on poetics relating to her greek travels and studies. Similarly to christa wolf, who tried to achieve a certain selfunderstanding as a woman author while writing the narrative kuhn, p. This paper argues that, while broad continuities in wolf s concerns are obvious, the shift from monologue in kassandra to a polyphony of voices in medea is symptomatic of subtle, yet important shifts in her approach to myth and her. The representation of patriarchy and power relations in. A novel and four essays had such an impact on me when i read it earlier this year that i have reread it and taken copious notes. Mar 01, 20 cassandra by christa wolf is a quite difficult at times frighteningly difficult work, but a proper understanding allowed me to remain absorbed in the plot.
Wolf was a central figure in east german literature and politics, and the author of many books, including the novels the quest for christa t. Fiction, trojan war, cassandra legendary character, essays, translations into english, language readers. Christa wolf project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Christa wolf has written an excellent book that deals with the issues of the eastwest german divide in an ancient greek setting. Stimmen appeared in 1996, some critics accused the work of being little more than a pale repetition of the earlier kassandra project. Author of kassandra, medea, what remains and other stories, the quest for christa t. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Kassandra by christa wolf narrator christa wolf author. Christa wolf 19292011 was one of the most celebrated german writers of the twentieth century. Wolfs observations about war, violence and truth are just as applicable today as they were in ancient times or in central europe in the 1980s. Mar 29, 20 christa wolf was one of the bestknown writers of former east germany, but her star perhaps shone less brightly when it emerged that she had been, briefly, a stasi informer though also informed.
Energetic scholarly debates engage wellknown aesthetic and political issues that the public intellectual herself forefronted. Womans heterosexual experience in christa wolfs kassandra. Click download or read online button to get christa wolf book now. Nachdenken uber christa t by christa wolf 4 editions first published in 1969 download daisy. In this volume, the distinguished east german writer christa wolf retells the story of the fall of troy, but from the point of view of the woman whose visionary. Kassandra by christa wolf overdrive rakuten overdrive. Through memories of her childhood and reflections on the long years of conflict, cassandra pieces together the fall of her city. Cassandra a novel and four essays christa wolf read april 2018 cassandra. And advocate wolf doesin this revisiting of the old tale, medea is truly a doomed and tragic heroine, closer to the subject of wolf s previous book, cassandra than to the murderous slave to passion she has always been portrayed as. Cassandra s troy, in wolf s account, is being turned into a militaristic policestate by a himmlerlike figure called eumelos who is fond of the those who are not with us are against us version of binary logic. Gunter grass a sensitive writer of the purest water an east german virginia woolf. A committed communist in her early life, she won the approval of the east german government with her novel divided heaven 1963, tr.
Christa wolf and the problem of international authorship. Modernity and the city in christa wolfs oeuvre of the 1960s curtis swope 35. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Buy a cheap copy of kassandra book by christa wolf. Kassandra and voraussetzungen einer erzahlung cassandra conditions of a narrative.
Her death, at eightytwo, marks the end of an era in the divided, then. Click download or read online button to get christa wolf s kassandra book now. Narrative topographies in christa wolfs oeuvre regine criser 51. Mar 31, 2017 open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Christa wolf s kassandra download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl. This essay will discuss how both patriarchy and power relations in kassandra are represented in an ultimately socially destructive manner. In her gripping new novel, christa wolf explodes this myth, revealing a fiercely independent woman ensnared in a brutal political battle. Wolf 21 editions first published in 1983 download daisy. Cassandra, daughter of the king of troy, is endowed with the gift of prophecy but fated never to be believed. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. In this volume, the distinguished east german writer christa wolf retells the story of the fall of troy, but from the point of view of the woman whose visionary powers earned her contempt and scorn. Medea is among the most notorious women in the canon of greek tragedy.
A comparative study of christa wolfs kassandra and medea. In addition, there are some suppositions that wolf criticises in cassandra the political structure of the former gdr. List of books and articles about christa wolf online. Casandra by christa wolf overdrive rakuten overdrive. Shortly after the fall of the berlin wall in 1989, christa wolf was relentlessly attacked in the west german media for her publication of was bleibt what remains, 1990, a novella recounting an authors sense of persecution when spied on by the stasi, the secret police of the former german democratic republic. A novel and four essays by christa wolf, translated by jan van heurck, presents the fall of troy and its aftermath through the firstperson point of view of cassandra, a daughter of priam and hecuba, the king and queen of troy. Christa wolfs kassandra als modellfall politischer.
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Cassandra ebook by christa wolf 9788866322894 rakuten kobo. After attending the universities of jena and leipzig, she worked as an editor of literary journals. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Christa wolf wrote books that crossed and overcame the divide of east and west, books that have lasted. Christa wolf download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Medea, driven by her conscience to leave her corrupt homeland, arrives in corinth with her husband, the hero. Christa wolf books list of books by author christa wolf. Written as a result of the authors greek travels and studies, cassandra speaks to us in. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel.