Table of Contents

Introduction
Die Blechtrommel / The Tin Drum
Katz und Maus / Cat and Mouse
Hundejahre / Dog Years
Danziger Trilogie / The Danzig Trilogy
Örtlich betäubt / Local Anaesthetic
Aus dem Tagebuch einer Schnecke / From the Diary of a Snail
Der Butt / The Flounder
Das Treffen in Telgte / The Meeting at Telgte
Kopfgeburten oder Die Deutschen sterben aus / Headbirths or The Germans Are Dying Out
Die Rättin / The Rat
Zunge zeigen / Show Your Tongue
Unkenrufe / The Call of the Toad
Ein weites Feld / Too Far Afield
Mein Jahrhundert / My Century
Im Krebsgang / Crabwalk
Epilogue
Works Cited
Index

Reviews

Winner, CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award, 2008
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An important contribution to the facilitation of further Grass research. Indispensable to those working in the field. Sets new methodological standards for tertiary literature on the reception of a modern writer's fictional oeuvre.
*ARBITRIUM*

As a prolific author and also graphic artist and performer, Grass has earned both intense critical responses from the media, in Germany and abroad, and vast amounts of scholarship. Mews's first-rate, well-organized guide to and overview of this literature ... is nuanced, balanced, and sophisticated, making this a treasure trove of information.
*CHOICE*

This volume will be an indispensable resource for anyone seeking quick and dependable orientation in the vast body of Grass scholarship.
*GERMAN STUDIES REVIEW*

Mews's book more than achieves the goals it sets itself and provides a valuable work of reference for Grass scholarship.
*H-NET*

[W]ill be an essential research tool for all future Grass critics, having something to teach to even his most experienced readers.
*MONATSHEFTE*