Crisis and Form in the Later Writing of Ingeborg Bachmann: An Aesthetic Examination of the Poetic Drafts of the 1960s

Áine McMurtry

Crisis and Form in the Later Writing of Ingeborg Bachmann
An Aesthetic Examination of the Poetic Drafts of the 1960s

Áine McMurtry

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Ingeborg Bachmann (1926-73), German novelist

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Bithell Series of Dissertations 39

MHRA Texts and Dissertations 84

Modern Humanities Research Association and the Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies

30 May 2012 • 253pp

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ContemporaryGermanPoetry

Ingeborg Bachmann (1927-73), one of the most acclaimed German-language poets of the post-war period, famously turned away from the lyric during the 1960s. Publicly declaring that she had stopped writing poetry, Bachmann began work on the prose Todesarten cycle that would dominate the last decade of her life. During a period of personal breakdown in the 1960s, however, she privately continued to write in verse, and the publication of selected drafts in 2000 threw new light on her compositional methods in this period.

As the most extensive study to date of the poetic drafts, this monograph leads away from the polemic that surrounded their publication to establish the fragmentary texts as an experimental stage of writing that proved formally and thematically significant for later published prose works. Bridging the genre gap of much Bachmann scholarship, McMurtry illuminates the development of a reflexive mode where sophisticated aesthetic strategies enable the oblique expression of cultural critique.

Áine McMurtry is Lecturer in German at King's College London.

Reviews:

‘There is precious little in McMurtry’s approach and textual interpretation that invites criticism. In fact, one so often feels compelled to applaud the subtlety of these examinations, the comprehensiveness of argument, and sheer erudition of the author... With this study McMurtry has positioned herself in the forefront of contemporary Bachmann scholarship.’ — Rüdiger Görner, Modern Language Review 109, 2014, 1144-45 (full text online)
‘The study’s solid grounding in Bachmann research, and modern European literature in general, means that it provides a useful starting point for readers who are new to Bachmann’s work, academics interested in modern literature or philosophy, and Bachmann scholars in search of a new perspective on her work.’ — Lina Fisher, German Quarterly 2013, 110-12

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i-iv	Front Matter Áine McMurtry doi:10.2307/j.ctt2tt807.1	Cite
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v-vi	Table of Contents Áine McMurtry doi:10.2307/j.ctt2tt807.2	Cite
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vii-viii	Acknowledgements Á. M. doi:10.2307/j.ctt2tt807.3	Cite
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ix-ix	Abbreviations Áine McMurtry doi:10.2307/j.ctt2tt807.4	Cite
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x-x	[Illustration] Áine McMurtry doi:10.2307/j.ctt2tt807.5	Cite
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1-36	Introduction Áine McMurtry doi:10.2307/j.ctt2tt807.6	Cite
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37-85	Chapter 1 Writing in the 1960s Áine McMurtry doi:10.2307/j.ctt2tt807.7	Cite
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86-133	Chapter 2 the Case of the Berlin Writings Áine McMurtry doi:10.2307/j.ctt2tt807.8	Cite
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134-188	Chapter 3 ‘Liebe Ist Ein Kunstwerk’: the Appeal To Gaspara Stampa Áine McMurtry doi:10.2307/j.ctt2tt807.9	Cite
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189-222	Chapter 4 Tristan and the Composition of A Reflexive Aesthetic Áine McMurtry doi:10.2307/j.ctt2tt807.10	Cite
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223-227	Conclusion Áine McMurtry doi:10.2307/j.ctt2tt807.11	Cite
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228-242	Bibliography Áine McMurtry doi:10.2307/j.ctt2tt807.12	Cite
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243-252	INDEX Áine McMurtry doi:10.2307/j.ctt2tt807.13	Cite
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McMurtry, Áine, Crisis and Form in the Later Writing of Ingeborg Bachmann: An Aesthetic Examination of the Poetic Drafts of the 1960s, Bithell Series of Dissertations, 39 (MHRA, 2012)

First footnote reference: ³⁵ Áine McMurtry, Crisis and Form in the Later Writing of Ingeborg Bachmann: An Aesthetic Examination of the Poetic Drafts of the 1960s, Bithell Series of Dissertations, 39 (MHRA, 2012), p. 21.

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Crisis and Form in the Later Writing of Ingeborg BachmannAn Aesthetic Examination of the Poetic Drafts of the 1960s

Áine McMurtry

Crisis and Form in the Later Writing of Ingeborg Bachmann
An Aesthetic Examination of the Poetic Drafts of the 1960s