Author : Alfred D. White
Publisher : Edwin Mellen Press
ISBN 13 : 9780773491335
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (913 download)
Book Synopsis Max Frisch, the Reluctant Modernist by : Alfred D. White
Download or read book Max Frisch, the Reluctant Modernist written by Alfred D. White and published by Edwin Mellen Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume's central thesis is that Max Frisch was by temperament conservative in aesthetic and political matters. His work is examined chronologically in order to isolate elements of reaction: his flirtation with volkisch theories in the thirties; his lifelong difficulty in putting into practice his theoretical insights on the status of women; elements of potential modernity, such as the implicit theory of writer-reader relationships in his early journalistic work or the later explicit theory of diary as a form of expression appropriate to an era of change and dubious identity.