'A German comes home to Germany': Richard Wagner's journey from the Banat to Berlin, from the periphery to the centre.
Author: Rock David
Source: German Monitor, Neighbours and Strangers. Literary and Cultural Relations in Germany, Austria and Central Europe since 1989. Edited by Ian Foster and Juliet Wigmore , pp. 55-71(17)
Publisher: Rodopi
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The article offers a brief introduction to Richard Wagner as a writer from the German minority in Romania. It examines the reasons why he left for West Germany in 1987, and explains the significance of Vienna as 'Habsburgischer Sockel' and Berlin as cultural centre of Germany for Wagner. His Banat roots are always inherent in his prose works written in the West: the past (for him invariably associated with his earlier life in Eastern Europe) lives on in the present in often curious ways. His choice of Berlin as place of residence is also explained: it represents for him the nearest thing to a cultural home.Document Type: Regular paper
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