Hajo Drees Bücher

Drees (German, Samford U.) displays a close familiarity not only with Wolf's writings but with her biography, which he researched in primary documents in German archives, in this study of her work and her struggles with identity. Due to the political upheaval she experienced, Wolf, one of the prominent writers of former East Germany, was required to reinvent her identity as an author several times in her career. As Wolf's life and experience were centered in East Germany, this volume will be of interest to historians of modern Germany as well as scholars of German literature. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Rainer Maria Rilke has been hailed as the most celebrated German-speaking poet of the twentieth century, if not in all history. Rainer Maria Rilke: Autobiography, Fiction, and Therapy gives a comprehensive overview of the autobiographical tendencies in Rilke's poetry and fiction from his early works to his masterpiece: The Duino Elegies. Particular attention is given to The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge. Hajo Drees discusses and positions current theories on autobiography and autobiographical fiction and applies these findings to Rilke's life and creative writing. A close analysis of Rilke's theory on art and the artist with selected letters to his friends, editors, and family exposes three significant developmental stages dividing Rilke's work into three distinct phases.