A German writer who taught in England for thirty years, W.G. Sebald (1944-2001) published four novels in both German and English: Vertigo , The Emigrants , The Rings of Saturn , and Austerlitz . T
The March 2003 symposium at Davidson College was planned before Sebald's death in December 2001. The 21 papers consider the work of the German author from the perspectives of contexts and influences,