Crime Fiction in German

Katharina Hall

Description

Crime Fiction in German is the first volume in English to offer a comprehensive overview of German-language crime fiction from its origins in the early nineteenth century to its vibrant growth in the new millennium. As well as introducing readers to crime fiction from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the former East Germany, the volume expands the notion of a German crime-writing tradition by investigating Nazi crime fiction, Jewish-German crime fiction, Turkish-German crime fiction and the Afrika-Krimi. Other key areas, including the West German social crime novel, women’s crime writing, regional crime fiction, historical crime fiction and the Fernsehkrimi (TV crime drama) are also explored, highlighting the genre’s distinctive features in German-language contexts.

The volume includes a map of German-speaking Europe, a chronology of crime publishing milestones, extracts from primary texts, and an annotated bibliography of print and online resources in English and German.

Contents

Map of German-speaking areas in Europe
Crime Fiction in German Chronology

1. Crime Fiction in German: Key Concepts, Developments and Trends, Katharina Hall:
Der Krimi; The pioneers (1828–1933); Crime fiction under National Socialism (1933–45); Post-war crime narratives (1945–59) and East German crime fiction (1949–70); The West German Soziokrimi (1960–) and further East German crime fiction (1971–89); Turkish-German crime fiction and the Frauenkrimi (1980–); Historical crime fiction, regional crime fiction and the rise of the Afrika-Krimi (1989–); Crime fiction of the new millennium and the lacuna of Jewish-German crime fiction (available Open Access at Swansea University)

2. The Emergence of Crime Fiction in German: An Early Maturity, Mary Tannert

3. Austrian Crime Fiction: Experimentation, Critical Memory and Humour, Marieke Krajenbrink

4. Swiss Crime Fiction: Loosli, Glauser, Dürrenmatt and Beyond, Martin Rosenstock

5. Der Afrika-Krimi: German Crime Fiction in Africa, Julia Augart

6. Der Frauenkrimi: Women's Crime Writing in German, Faye Stewart

7. Historical Crime Fiction in German: The Turbulent Twentieth Century, Katharina Hall

8. Der Fernsehkrimi: A Short History of Television Crime Drama in German, Katharina Hall

Annotated Bibliography of Resources on German-language Crime Fiction, Katharina Hall

‘Katharina Hall’s knowledge of and enthusiasm for crime fiction in translation is prodigious, but (crucially) it is matched by her nonpareil analytic skills. This combination, when focused on her particular speciality of genre fiction from Germany, makes her the perfect editor for and contributor to Crime Fiction in German: Der Krimi. The book becomes at a stroke the definitive modern guide to the subject – scholarly, lively and accessible.’

Barry Forshaw, author of Euro Noir and Nordic Noir
Map of German-speaking areas in Europe
Crime Fiction in German Chronology
1. Crime Fiction in German: Key Concepts, Developments and Trends Katharina Hall
Der Krimi; The pioneers (1828–1933); Crime fiction under National Socialism
(1933–45); Post-war crime narratives (1945–59) and East German crime fiction
(1949–70); The West German Soziokrimi (1960–) and further East German crime
fiction (1971–89); Turkish-German crime fiction and the Frauenkrimi (1980–);
Historical crime fiction, regional crime fiction and the rise of the Afrika-Krimi
(1989–); Crime fiction of the new millennium and the lacuna of Jewish-German
crime fiction
2. The Emergence of Crime Fiction in German: An Early Maturity
Mary Tannert
3. Austrian Crime Fiction: Experimentation, Critical Memory and Humour
Marieke Krajenbrink
4. Swiss Crime Fiction: Loosli, Glauser, Dürrenmatt and Beyond
Martin Rosenstock
5. Der Afrika-Krimi: German Crime Fiction in Africa
Julia Augart
6. Der Frauenkrimi: Women's Crime Writing in German
Faye Stewart
7. Historical Crime Fiction in German: The Turbulent Twentieth Century
Katharina Hall
8. Der Fernsehkrimi: A Short History of Television Crime Drama in German
Katharina Hall
Annotated Bibliography of Resources on German-language Crime Fiction
Katharina Hall

Sujets

• Literary Criticism
• Germán
• German
• European

Informations

• Publié par: University of Wales Press
• Date de parution: 03 mars 2016
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781783168187
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 5 Mo

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CRIME FICTION IN GERMAN DER KRIMI

Series Editors Claire Gorrara (Cardiff University) Shelley Godsland (University of Birmingham Giuliana Pieri (Royal Holloway, London)

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Editorial Board Margaret Atack (University of Leeds) George Demko (Dartmouth College) John Foot (University College London) Stephen Knight (University of Melbourne) Nickianne Moody (Liverpool John Moores University) Elfriede Müller (Berlin) Anne White (University of Bradford)

Also in Series

Claire Gorrara (ed.) French Crime Fiction

Andrew Nestingen and Paula Arvas (eds) Scandinavian Crime Fiction

Nancy Vosburg (ed.) Iberian Crime Fiction

Guiliana Pieri (ed.) Italian Crime Fiction

Lucy Andrew and Catherine Phelps (eds) Crime Fiction in the City: Capital Crimes

EUROPEAN CRIME FICTIONS

CRIME FICTION IN GERMAN DER KRIMI

Edited by Katharina Hall

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ISBN 9781783168163 (hb) 9781783168170 (pb) eISBN 9781783168187

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Contents

Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Map of Germanspeaking Areas in Europe Chronology of Crime Fiction in German

1 Crime Fiction in German: Concepts, Developments and Trends • Der Krimi • pioneers (1828–1933) The • Crime fiction under National Socialism (1933–45) •  Early postwar crime narratives (1945–60) and East German crime fiction (1949–71) •  TheWest GermanSoziokrimi(1960–) and later East German crime fiction (1971–89) • crime fiction and the TurkishGerman Frauenkrimi(1980–) • Historical crime fiction, regional crime fiction and the rise of theAfrikaKrimi(1989–) • Crime fiction of the new millennium and the lacuna of Jewish German crime fiction Katharina Hall

2 The Emergence of Crime Fiction in German: an Early Maturity Mary Tannert

3 Austrian Crime Fiction: Experimentation, Critical Memory and Humour Marieke Krajenbrink

4 Swiss Crime Fiction: Loosli, Glauser, Dürrenmatt and Beyond Martin Rosenstock

5Der AfrikaKrimi: Africa in German Crime Fiction Julia Augart

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6Der Frauenkrimi: Women’s Crime Writing in German Faye Stewart

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7 Historical Crime Fiction in German: the Turbulent Twentieth Century 115 Katharina Hall

8Der Fernsehkrimi132: an Overview of Television Crime Drama in German Katharina Hall

Annotated Bibliography of Resources on Germanlanguage Crime Narratives Katharina Hall

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Acknowledgements

My warmest thanks to the contributors for their expertise, hard work and patience throughout the production of this volume. Thank you also to the Research Institute for Arts and Humanities at Swansea University for granting me research leave in 2014, and to my colleagues and friends in the Department of Languages, Translation and Communication – particularly Brigid Haines, Kathryn Jones, Tom Cheesman and Julian Preece. Special thanks to Sarah Lewis, commissioning editor at the University of Wales Press, for her unstinting support and invaluable advice, to our peer reviewer, whose observations and suggestions were extremely helpful, and to the series editors, especially Claire Gorrara, for the opportunity to edit this volume. I would also like to thank the readers of the ‘Mrs Peabody Investigates’ crime fiction blog for their enthusiasm and helpfulness in relation to this project, and the following members of the global crime community for their support (and numerous curries): Barry Forshaw, Karen Meek, Sarah Ward, Quentin Bates, Jacky Collins, Ewa Sherman, Andy Lawrence, William Ryan, Anya Lipska, Karen Sullivan, Jochen Vogt, Anthea Bell, Margot Kinberg, Marina Sofia, Raven; and ‘Swansea Sleuths’ Maura Robinson and Karen Small. As ever, I am hugely grateful to my EnglishGermanNorwegianWelsh family for providing me with just the right measure of distraction and support down the years. Inge, Kevin and Jack – the icecreams at Verdi’s are on me.

This volume is dedicated to the memory of Jane Dunnett, a much respected scholar of Italian studies, whose enthusiasm for crime fiction is greatly missed.

Swansea February 2016

Acknowledgements

Extract fromThe Dead Man of St. Anne’s Chapel, written by Otto Ludwig Emil Freiherr von Puttkammer, translated by Mary W. Tannert and Henry Kratz. © Mary W. Tannert 1999. Translation © Mary W. Tannert.

Extract fromThe Sweetness of Life, written by Paulus Hochgatterer, translated by Jamie Bulloch. © MacLehose 2008. Translation © Jamie Bulloch.

Extract fromIn Matto’s Realm, written by Friedrich Glauser, translated by Mike Mitchell. © Bitter Lemon Press 2005. Reprinted with permission of Bitter Lemon Press. Translation © Mike Mitchell.

Extract fromSteinland, written by Bernhard Jaumann, translated for this volume by Katharina Hall. © Kindler 2012.

Extract fromHow Many Miles to Babylon, written by Doris Gercke, translated by Anna Hamilton. © Women in Translation 1991. Translation © Anna Hamilton.

Extract fromAlone in Berlin, written by Hans Fallada, translated by Michael Hofmann. Reproduced by permission of Penguin Books Ltd. ©Penguin Classics 2009 and © Aufbau Verlagsgruppe 1994. Translation © Michael Hofmann 2009.

Map of Central Europe © Shutterstock Inc. Used under the terms of the Single User Standard License, held by the editor.

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