Tales of Berlin in American Literature up to the 21st Century
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Word Count
106,500 words, Guess
Page Count
426 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL38035152M
- ISBN-139789004312081
- OCLC Control Number928615197
- Library of Congress Control Number2015047187
Classifications
- LCCPS169.B58P38 2016
Description
Prologue: "a smaller but more intense orchestration" -- American space -- American Berlin across three centuries -- A tale of Berlin -- How American is it -- Toy houses and playing-card lawns -- "German" roots -- Rags, riches and rooming houses -- G the great divorce -- Water crossings -- N "this is our armageddon" -- Ruined landscapes, ruined women -- Women with attachments: mermaids, drink and drowning -- City of night -- "Certain tendencies": queer berlin -- Underground berlin -- "Something was different, but nothing had changed" -- Contaminating city -- Contents -- Just off the kurfurstendamm: spy fiction -- The garden and the forest: natural space in Berlin -- The weather in Berlin -- Isolating Berlin -- Naturalizing the wall -- Escape from Berlin -- Family reunions: searching for someone in Berlin -- Women and children first: taming history -- Contemporary voices: re-storing mythologies -- Conclusion
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