European Writers in Exile

European Writers in Exile explores the universal existential dilemma of writers in exile, covering a range of countries and historical periods. It examines the cataclysmic and near-universal exilic experiences relating to the world wars and the unique early twentieth-century experiences of Emile Zola, Franz Kafka, Joseph Conrad, and James Joyce. It also addresses the unique early twentieth-century experiences of Emile Zola, Franz Kafka, Joseph Conrad, and James Joyce. The volume offers an academically rigorous, important, and cohesive perspective on the intersection of our contemporary world and various writers in exile in new cultural, historical, spatial, and epistemological frameworks.

Format: Hardback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 26 October 2018
Publisher: Lexington Books

European Writers in Exile is a collection of original essays that explore the universal existential dilemma faced by writers who are in exile. The term "exile" is often associated with writers who have been forced to leave their home country or region, but it can also refer to writers who have chosen self-exile. The essays in this volume explore a range of interesting and evolving definitions of exile, and they address the cataclysmic and near-universal exilic experiences relating to the world wars, as well as the unique early twentieth-century experiences of Emile Zola, Franz Kafka, Joseph Conrad, and James Joyce. More contemporary essay subjects include Milan Kundera, Norman Manea, Eva Hoffman, Caryl Phillips, and W. G. Sebald. The collection aims to understand the intersection of our contemporary world and various writers in exile in new cultural, historical, spatial, and epistemological frameworks. It examines how literary production in an increasingly globalized world affects a view back towards a country or region left behind, or how exile pushes a writer to look outwards.

Weight: 610g
Dimension: 162 x 236 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781498560238