| The German Epic in the Cold War: Peter Weiss, Uwe Johnson, and Alexander Kluge Subjects: German fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Weiss Peter 1916–1982. Ästhetik des Widerstands; Johnson Uwe 1934–1984. Jahrestage; Kluge Alexander 1932– Chronik der Gefühle; Weiss Peter 1916–1982 -- Criticism and interpretation; Johnson ; Matthew Miller's The German Epic in the Cold War explores the literary evolution of the modern epic in postwar German literature. Examining works by Peter Weiss, Uwe Johnson, and Alexander Kluge, it illustrates imaginative artistic responses in German fiction to the physical and ideological division of post-World War II Germany. MATTHEW D. MILLER is an associate professor of German at Colgate University. |