LEADER 03849nam 22005652 450 001 9911008470603321 005 20151002020706.0 010 $a1-57113-629-0 024 7 $a10.1515/9781571136299 035 $a(CKB)1000000000575913 035 $a(OCoLC)277225652 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10346807 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000192074 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11182886 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000192074 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10186957 035 $a(PQKB)11412902 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781571136299 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3003535 035 $a(DE-B1597)676398 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781571136299 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000575913 100 $a20120822d2003|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe life and works of Wolfgang Borchert /$fGordon Burgess 210 1$aSuffolk :$cBoydell & Brewer,$d2003. 215 $a1 online resource (x, 256 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aStudies in German literature, linguistics, and culture 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). 311 0 $a1-57113-270-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [237]-247) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tList of Abbreviations -- $tIntroduction -- $t1: Childhood, School, Apprenticeship: 1921?1940 -- $t2: ?The Happiest Time of My Life?: January?June 1941 -- $t3: The Eastern Front and Courts-Martial: 1941?1943 -- $t4: Actor Turned Writer: Jena, Hamburg, and Basel: 1944?1947 -- $t5: The Poems -- $t6: Draussen vor der Tür -- $t7: The Short Stories -- $t8: The Reception of Borchert?s Life and Works -- $tConclusion -- $tPublished Works Cited -- $tIndex 330 $aWolfgang Borchert has been called 'the most important voice of post-war German literature.' He came to fame literally overnight when his play 'Draussen vor der Tu?r' (The Man Outside) was broadcast in the British zone of occupied Germany in February 1947 and evoked impassioned reactions both for and against. An examination of the plight of the returning soldier in the postwar world, it has become an icon of its time, capturing the futility of war and the true cost of the destruction in both physical and spiritual terms. Worldwide, 'Draussen vor der Tu?r' has been produced more often than any other German play. Between January 1946 and his death in November 1947, Borchert wrote over forty short stories on the model of Hemingway and Wolfe, many of them highly experimental. Indeed, he is widely regarded as having introduced the short-story form into German literature. This is the first full-length account of Borchert's life and works in English. It benefits from unprecedented access to archival material and from interviews with Borchert's contemporaries. The study links Borchert's own literary ambition with the enlightened family circumstances in which he grew up, and charts his development from a rebellious teenager with a passion for theater via his fighting as a soldier on Germany's Eastern Front and his imprisonment by the Nazis to his brief but intense career as a writer. Gordon Burgess is Emeritus Professor of German at the University of Aberdeen. 410 0$aStudies in German literature, linguistics, and culture (Unnumbered) 517 3 $aThe Life & Works of Wolfgang Borchert 606 $aAuthors, German$y20th century$vBiography 615 0$aAuthors, German 676 $a838/.91409 686 $aGN 3654$qBSZ$2rvk 700 $aBurgess$b Gordon J. A.$01826228 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911008470603321 996 $aThe life and works of Wolfgang Borchert$94394197 997 $aUNINA