W.G. Sebald’s Luftkrieg und Literatur: German literature and the allied bombings of German cities in World War II

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Lawson, C, 2010. W.G. Sebald’s Luftkrieg und Literatur: German literature and the allied bombings of German cities in World War II. PhD, Nottingham Trent University.

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Abstract

This thesis is a critical analysis of W.G. Sebald‘s Luftkrieg und Literatur (On the Natural History of Destruction) and its reception in the German media and in scholarship. Sebald‘s essay caused a public debate in 1997 over the ethical implications of a cultural memory of the Allied bombings of German cities in the Second World War. Since then, the essay has come to be understood as a foundational moment in the discourse surrounding 'German victimhood' in representations of the bombings and the expulsions of ethnic Germans from the Eastern territories.

Item Type:	Thesis
Creators:	Lawson, C.
Date:	2010
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URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/109