The Waiting Water: Order, Sacrifice, and Submergence in German Realism

The Waiting Water addresses one of the most recurrent and troubling motifs in German Realist literature—death by drowning. Characters find themselves before bodies of water, presented with the familiar realm above the surface and the unobservable, uncanny domain beneath it.

• | Author: Alexander Sorenson
• | Publisher: Cornell University Press
• | Publication Date: Sep 15, 2024
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781501777103
• | ISBN-10: 1501777106