"This volume provides a broad ranging introduction to the major trends in the development of the German novel from the 1890s to the present. The structure is broadly chronological, but thematically-focused chapters examine topics such as gender anxiety, images of the city, war, and women's writing; within each chapter, key works are selected for close attention. Unique in its combination of breadth of coverage and detailed analysis of individual works, and featuring a chronology and guides to further reading, this Companion will be indispensable to students and teachers."
"'The Cambridge Companion to the Modern German Novel' provides a broad introduction to the major trends in the development of the German novel during the late 19th century & early 20th century."
"The Cambridge Companion to the Modern German Novel provides a broad ranging introduction to the major trends in the development of the German novel during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Theodor Fonatne, Hermann Hesse, Thomas Mann, Franz Kafka, and Gunther Grass are among the writers examined. This companionable survey, which includes a chronology and guide to further reading, conveys a vivid sense of the vitality and complexity of the modern German novel and of the debates surrounding it. This book will be essential reading for students."