The Author: Carsten (Carl) Springer, born in 1965, has studied American Literature, German Literature, and Linguistics at the University of Hamburg, Germany, and carried out research on Paul Auster at Columbia University, New York. His A Paul Auster Sourcebook was recently published by Peter Lang (2000, Art.No. 37450). After having taught American Literature at the University of Hamburg, Springer is currently working as a translator and writer.

• Contents: The identity crisis theme in modernist and postmodernist literature – Auster’s model of the identity crisis – Significance of the theme in Paul Auster’s literary criticism, poetry, plays, novels and screenplays – Reconstructive tendencies within postmodernist literature.

The Author: Carsten (Carl) Springer, born in 1965, has studied American Literature, German Literature, and Linguistics at the University of Hamburg, Germany, and carried out research on Paul Auster at Columbia University, New York. His A Paul Auster Sourcebook was recently published by Peter Lang (2000, Art.No. 37450). After having taught American Literature at the University of Hamburg, Springer is currently working as a translator and writer.

• Contents: The identity crisis theme in modernist and postmodernist literature – Auster’s model of the identity crisis – Significance of the theme in Paul Auster’s literary criticism, poetry, plays, novels and screenplays – Reconstructive tendencies within postmodernist literature.

The Author: Carsten (Carl) Springer, born in 1965, has studied American Literature, German Literature, and Linguistics at the University of Hamburg, Germany, and carried out research on Paul Auster at Columbia University, New York. His A Paul Auster Sourcebook was recently published by Peter Lang (2000, Art.No. 37450). After having taught American Literature at the University of Hamburg, Springer is currently working as a translator and writer.

• Contents: The identity crisis theme in modernist and postmodernist literature – Auster’s model of the identity crisis – Significance of the theme in Paul Auster’s literary criticism, poetry, plays, novels and screenplays – Reconstructive tendencies within postmodernist literature.