Cassandra (novel)

Cassandra, painted in 1898 by Evelyn De Morgan (London, De Morgan Centre)

Cassandra (German: Kassandra) is a 1983 novel by the German author Christa Wolf.[1][2] It has since been translated into a number of languages.

Swiss composer Michael Jarrell has adapted the novel for speaker and instrumental ensemble, and his piece has been performed frequently.

  1. ^ Beebee, Thomas O.; Weber, Beverly M. (2001). "A Literature of Theory: Christa Wolf's Kassandra Lectures as Feminist Anti-Poetics". The German Quarterly. 74 (3): 259–279. doi:10.2307/3072786. ISSN 0016-8831. JSTOR 3072786.
  2. ^ Weingartz, Gisela (2009). "Rewriting Kassandra: Christa Wolf's re-visioning of the myth". Myth & Symbol. 5 (2): 37–57. doi:10.1080/10223820902723239. ISSN 1022-3827.