Title: Grass and Grimmelshausen
Description: Discusses the Grass novel Das Treffen in Telgte, which is also a tribute to Gruppe 1947 founder Hans Werner Richter, and explores the influence of Grimmelshausen's Simplicissimus and Courasche over Grass. Applies theories of the aesthetics of reception (Rezeptionsästhetik) propounded by Hans Robert Jauss.
Subjects: Influence, Grass, gunter, 1927-2015, German literature, history and criticism, 20th century, Grass, Gruppe 47 (Germany)
People: Günter Grass (1927-2015), Hans Jakob Christoph von Grimmelshausen (1625-1676)