New German Literature Life-Writing and Dialogue with the Arts

The Editors: Julian Preece is Professor of German at Swansea University. He is the author of two monographs, The Rediscovered Writings of Veza Canetti: Out of the Shadow of a Husband (2007) and The Life and Work of Günter Grass: Literature, History, Politics (2001/2004).

Frank Finlay is Professor of German at the University of Leeds. His publications include books and articles on literature, culture, and aesthetics in contemporary Austria and Germany. He is a member of an international team working on the complete edition of Heinrich Böll’s works.

Ruth J. Owen is Lecturer in German at Cardiff University. Her publications include The Poet’s Role: Lyric Responses to German Unification by Poets from the GDR (2001) and essays on aspects of postwar and contemporary poetry. Her current research examines the German reception of Ophelia in literary and visual culture.