Saturn's Moons: A W.G Sebald Handbook

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This book focuses on W. G. Sebald's life and works — as teacher, as scholar and critic, as colleague and as collaborator on translation. It contains a number of rediscovered short pieces by Sebald, hitherto unpublished interviews, a catalogue of his library, and selected poems and tributes. Cover Half Title Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgements Note on the Text List of Contributors Introduction PART I: THE WRITER IN CONTEXT 1. A Childhood in the Allgäu: Wertach, 1944-52 2. The Sternheim Years: W. G. Sebald's Lehrjahre and Theatralische Sendung 1963-75 App. 1: W. G. Sebald, review of a production of Minna von Barnhelm (1970) 3. At the University: W. G. Sebald in the Classroom App. 1: Translation exercise set at UEA App. 2: Memo to students from Sebald App. 3: Summary of courses taught by Sebald at UEA, 1970-2001 4. A Watch on Each Wrist: Twelve Seminars with W. G. Sebald 5. The Crystal Mountain of Memory: W. G. Sebald as a University Teacher 6. Against Germanistik: W. G. Sebald's Critical Essays App. 1-3: Colloquia and research symposia organized by Sebald at UEA 7. Englishing Max 8. Translating W. G. Sebald — With and Without the Author 9. Sebald's Photographic Annotations 10. The Disappearance of the Author in the Work: Some Reflections on W. G. Sebald's Nachlass in the Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach 11. Bibliotheca abscondita: On W. G. Sebald's Library AFTERWORD Max Sebald: A Reminiscence LYRISCHES INTERMEZZO: FOUR POEMS FOR MAX SEBALD For my Friend, Max Sebald For Max Redundant Epitaphs Il ritorno in patria PART II: THE WRITER IN DIALOGUE 1. 'Rediscovered' Pieces by W. G. Sebald (1) Die hölzernen Engel von East Anglia (2) Leben Ws (3) Waterloo (4) Two Poems by Michael Hulse, translated by W. G. Sebald (5) Feuer und Rauch (6) Ausgrabung der Vergangenheit (on Michael Hamburger) (7) Michael Hamburger: Nomination for the degree of Honorary DLitt 2. Three Conversations with W. G. Sebald (1) Echoes from the Past: Conversation with Piet de Moor (Brussels, 1992) (2) Lost in Translation? Conversation with Jon Cook (Norwich, 1999) (3) In This Distant Place: Conversation with Steve Wasserman (Los Angeles, 2001) 3. A Catalogue of W. G. Sebald's Library PART III: A BIBLIOGRAPHIC SURVEY 1. Primary Bibliography 2. Secondary Bibliography 3. Reviews of Works by W. G. Sebald 4. Audio-Visual Bibliography 5. An Index to Interviews with W. G. Sebald 6. W. G. Sebald: A Chronology Index