W.G. Sebald: Image, Archive, Modernity

J.J. Long

March, 2008
Cloth, 224 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-14512-1
$35.00

"I’ve found this book to be greatly useful in developing a more thorough approach to Sebald (as well as a number of authors with whom Sebald shares several affinities), and I think this will be a book I’ll be returning to often" — Scott Esposito, Conversational Reading

"By telescoping a variety of thematic strands through the lens of modernity, the book offers a fresh reading of Sebald's prose writing that synthesizes hitherto isolated debates. This is an exciting and energetic book, which pushes the boundaries of Sebald criticism beyond the predictability of established themes and concerns." — Ann Fuchs, professor of German literature, University College, Dublin

Related Subjects

• European and British Literature
• Literary Criticism and Theory

About the Author

J. J. Long is professor of German at the University of Durham. He is the author of The Novels of Thomas Bernhard and coeditor of W. G. Sebald: A Critical Companion. He has published widely on twentieth-century literature and has been a recipient of the Max Kade Prize for Best Essay in Modern Austrian Literature, and a Philip Leverhulme Prize.

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