Writing Europe : : What is European about the Literatures of Europe? Essays from 33 European Countries / / ed. by Ursula Keller, Ilma Rakuša.

• MitwirkendeR: Bergsson, Guòbergur,; Bitov, Andrei,; Brink, Hans Maarten van den,; Chwin, Stefan,; Cărtărescu, Mircea,; Debeljak, Aleš,; Donner, Jörn,; Fortunato, Mario,; Fuentes, Eugenio,; Grøndahl, Jens Christian,; Grünbein, Durs,; Hodrová, Daniela,; Ioannides, Panos,; Ivanova, Mirela,; Jorge, Lídia,; Karahasan, Dževad,; Keller, Ursula,; Lubonja, Fatos,; Muschg, Adolf,; Nádas, Péter,; Pollen, Geir,; Rakusa, Ilma,; Rouaud, Jean,; Schindel, Robert,; Swartz, Richard,; Themelis, Nikos,; Tode, Emil,; Toussaint, Jean-Philippe,; Toíbín, Colm,; Ugrešić, Dubravka,; Velikić, Dragan,; Venclova, Tomas,; Zāltīe, Māra,; Özdamar, Emine Sevgi,; Štrpka, Ivan Š,
• HerausgeberIn: Keller, Ursula,; Rakuša, Ilma,
• Place / Publishing House: Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2004]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (358 p.)

What do we mean by Europe? Thirty-three renowned authors from 33 European countries attempt an answer-in serious, ironic, skeptical, or optimistic tones. Their essays, written for the symposium held at the Literaturhaus Hamburg in 2003, reflect the astonishing diversity of European cultures. Not only are the style and experience of the individual authors remarkable for their distinctiveness, but their perspectives and views also appear to have little in common-at first glance. The editors have created a unique literary project, a milestone in the vitally necessary cultural discourse about Europe.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Writing Europe -- Impressions and Conversations during the Intervals -- Europe Untitled -- The Literary Hero as Hero -- Language and Terror -- Europe Has the Shape of My Brain -- The Nursery School Teacher from Tversk Street -- Concentric Circles of Identity -- Europe from the Fringe -- Europe? -- The Western Bloc -- Notes of an Escapist -- Europa’s Lovers -- Woven Into the Web -- Europe in My Prose and My Theatrical Work -- Europe — One Way of Reading It -- A Sort of Huge Portugal -- Europe Writes in Time -- Between the Local and the Universal -- Europe or “Eleuthera, City of the Mnemosyne” -- In the Intimacy of Literary Writing -- Guest Faces -- On the European Ingredient in the Text -- In Memory of Ernst Wiechert -- “We’re All Right.” Europe’s Influence on My Writing -- Oh, Children Smeared with Honey and with Blood -- The Light Falls on Me -- Looking for a Widened Self-Awareness -- Europe, a Blot of Ink -- The Future of Europe -- You Are Leaving the American Sector -- European Literature as a Eurovision Song Contest -- B-Europe -- What Can Lithuania Give to Present-Day Europe -- Unfinished Thoughts