Abstract

Acknowledgments. 0. INTRODUCTION. 0.0 The Aims of the Present Study. 0.1 The Boll Scholarship. 0.2 Critical Premises. 0.3 Outline of the Present Study. 1. THE CENTRAL CONCERNS OF BOLL'S AESTHETIC THINKING. 1.0 Summary. 1.1 The West German 'Restoration' 1945-1955. 1.2 Literary Trends. 1.3 Boll's Early Theoretical Statements. 2. THE MORALITY OF LANGUAGE. 2.0 Summary. 2.1 Language as a Bastian of Freedom. 2.2 Boll's Critical Analysis of Language. 2.3 The Question of Tradition: The Influence of Theodor Haecker. 3. THE QUEST FOR A 'HOMELAND'. 3.0 Summary. 3.1 Enlightened Humanism. 3.2 Commitment and 'Heimat'. 3.3 'Eine Asthetik des Humanen'. 3.4 Boll's Programme in Miniature. 3.5 Humour and Satire. 4. HUMANE REALISM. 4.0 Summary. 4.1 'Geschaffene Wirklichkeit'. 4.2 Other Theories of Realism. 4.3 'Engagierte Literatur'? 5. THE RATIONALITY OF POETRY. 5.0 Summary. 5.1 The Social and Political Climate in the 1960s. 5.2 The 'Death' of Literature. 5.3 Boll's Defence of Literature. 6. CONCLUSIONS. 6.1 The Legacy for the Imaginative Works. 6.2 The Legacy for Contemporary Literature. 7. BIBLIOGRAPHY. 7.1 Primary Sources: Heinrich Boll. 7.2 Secondary Sources.

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