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<p>It has been more than thirty years since Christoph Ransmayr published <italic>The Last World</italic> to great success despite its intellectually challenging theme, the fictitious search for Publius Ovidius Naso, known as Ovid, who had been sent into exile by emperor Augustus. Ever since then, his writing has attracted the attention of the public, literary critics and scholars alike. Volume 220 of the renowned edition <italic>text+kritik</italic> has been dedicated entirely to his work. Its editor, Doren Wohlleben, gathered half a dozen contributions meant to map the different intercultural narrative spaces, which are mainly identifiable in the author’s novels and prose writings.</p>
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It has been more than thirty years since Christoph Ransmayr published The Last World to great success despite its intellectually challenging theme, the fictitious search for Publius Ovidius Naso, known as Ovid, who had been sent into exile by emperor Augustus. Ever since then, his writing has attracted the attention of the public, literary critics and scholars alike. Volume 220 of the renowned edition text+kritik has been dedicated entirely to his work. Its editor, Doren Wohlleben, gathered half a dozen contributions meant to map the different intercultural narrative spaces, which are mainly identifiable in the author’s novels and prose writings.

Leider nur ein Leichtgewicht: Der Text+Kritik-Sammelband zu Christoph Ransmayr enttäuscht

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It has been more than thirty years since Christoph Ransmayr published The Last World to great success despite its intellectually challenging theme, the...

Leider nur ein Leichtgewicht: Der Text+Kritik-Sammelband zu Christoph Ransmayr enttäuscht

Data publikacji: 18 lip 2019

Zakres stron: 243 - 245

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gb-2019-0015

Słowa kluczowe
Ransmayr, Austrian fiction, novel, poetics, criticism

© 2019 Markus Oliver Spitz, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Leider nur ein Leichtgewicht: Der Text+Kritik-Sammelband zu Christoph Ransmayr enttäuscht

Data publikacji: 18 lip 2019

Zakres stron: 243 - 245

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gb-2019-0015

Słowa kluczoweRansmayr, Austrian fiction, novel, poetics, criticism

© 2019 Markus Oliver Spitz, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Słowa kluczowe
Ransmayr, Austrian fiction, novel, poetics, criticism