Modernism and Metamorphosis: Karin Kiwus' Das Chinesische Examen

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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Main Author: James Rolleston
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: New Prairie Press 1997-01-01
Series:Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature
Online Access:http://newprairiepress.org/sttcl/vol21/iss1/6
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