Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. List of Abbreviations xi
5. Introduction. Why W. G. Sebald 1
6. Chapter 1. Literature as Historiography in Context 33
7. Chapter 2. Conscious Historiography and the Writer’s Conscience 69
8. Chapter 3. What is (in) an Image? Mimesis, Representability, and Visual History 100
9. Chapter 4. Chronology and Coincidence in the Narrative Cosmos 150
10. Chapter 5. Witness and Testimony in Literary Memory 182
11. Chapter 6. Translation as Metaphor and Conservative Innovation 216
12. Conclusion. Panoramic Outlook 246
13. Bibliography of W. G. Sebalds Primary Works and of Works Cited 250
14. Name Index 279
15. Subject Index 286