The Case of Christian Kracht

Authorship, Irony, and Globalism
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-90-04-68229-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 82, 196 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 472 g

Reihe: German Monitor

The bestselling, contemporary Swiss author Christian Kracht is as widely celebrated as he is a source of controversy. This introduction to his work suggests locating his writings in discourses that range beyond the labels that have been traditionally assigned to them, namely “postmodernism,” camp,” and “Popliteratur.” Instead, this volume considers Kracht’s work through the lenses of “authorship,” “irony,” and “globalism.” This volume argues that there is no fixed or uniform author represented in Kracht’s corpus, explores the ironic strategies involved in Kracht’s various authorial representations, and engages the cultural exchange inherent in Kracht’s work.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Schmid, Marcel

Bolton, Jerome

Nover, Immanuel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Deutsche Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Einzelne Autoren: Monographien & Biographien

Über Autor(innen)

Marcel Schmid is an Assistant Professor in German Studies at the University of Virginia. He received his PhD from the University of Zurich in 2014. He has published books and articles on self-reference in literature and the German life reform movement.

Jerome Bolton is an independent researcher. He received his PhD in German Studies from New York University in 2015.

Immanuel Nover is Privatdozent and Akademischer Oberrat (Assistant Professor) in German Studies at the University of Koblenz. He received his PhD from the University of Bonn, Germany and the University of Florence, Italy. He has published books and articles on Popliteratur, Christian Kracht, and the Aesthetics of Depression.