Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: On Realism, Negativity, and Intimacy 1
5. Chapter One. Trauma, Neurosis, and the Postwar Family: Dieter Wellershoff’s Politics of Reading 33
6. Chapter Two. Repression, Disgust, and Adolescent Memories: Rolf Dieter Brinkmann’s Ethics of Textual Freedom 63
7. Chapter Three. Consumption, Vertigo, and Childhood Visions: Gisela Elsner’s Grotesque Repetitions as Resistance 96
8. Chapter Four. Discipline, Love, and Authoritative Child-Rearing: Renate Rasp’s Satire as Pedagogical Tool 128
9. Conclusion 161
10. Notes 167
11. Works Cited 179
12. Index 195