Modernism and Metamorphosis: Karin Kiwus' Das Chinesische Examen
A Chinese examination requires one to record everything felt or recalled within a given time frame. It "tests" an entire life. Karin Kiwus' poetic tools for taking the exam are monumentality, the freezing of imagined history into the dimension of a statue—that then crumbles back into...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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New Prairie Press
1997-01-01
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Series: | Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature |
Online Access: | http://newprairiepress.org/sttcl/vol21/iss1/6 |