Mapping Ransmayr

Kartierungsversuche zum Werk von Christoph Ransmayr

Contributions by Attila Bombitz Contributions by Gilbert Carr Contributions by Hermann Dorowin Contributions by Anna-Lena Eick Contributions by Daniela Henke Contributions by Arno Herberth Contributions by Caitríona Leahy Contributions by Günther Schaunig Contributions by Andreas Stuhlmann Contributions by Jill Thielsen Contributions by Doren Wohlleben Edited by Caitríona Leahy Edited by Marcel Illetschko

Book cover: Mapping Ransmayr

Extent: 212 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Literary Studies

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(January 2021)

ISBN: 9783847112198

6.3 x 9.25 inches

Price: $62.00

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Christoph Ransmayr ist ein Reisender. Orte sind in seinem Werk nicht Hintergrund, sondern Akteure. Zusammen bilden sie die Landschaft und Zeitschaft einer einzigartigen poetischen Welt.


This collection of essays conceives of Christoph Ransmayr’s work as an exercise in poetic cartography. Ransmayr maps the world in time and space, and in so doing, he maps the role of language and storytelling in connecting us to our environment and our past. The methodological approaches of these essays are diverse – some are narratological, some comparativist, some literary historical. They all share an interest in the exploration of Ransmayr’s work as an exploration of time and space – the time and space of the physical world, of the world of storytelling and of the world of literary history, of which they themselves form a part. At the centre of all this stands Ransmayr’s human subject as witness and traveller.

  • Contributions by Attila Bombitz
  • Contributions by Gilbert Carr
  • Contributions by Hermann Dorowin
  • Contributions by Anna-Lena Eick
  • Contributions by Daniela Henke
  • Contributions by Arno Herberth
  • Contributions by Caitríona Leahy
  • Contributions by Günther Schaunig
  • Contributions by Andreas Stuhlmann
  • Contributions by Jill Thielsen
  • Contributions by Doren Wohlleben
  • Edited by Caitríona Leahy
  • Edited by Marcel Illetschko