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Subject(s)

• German literature—Germany (East)—History and criticism [Browse]

Series

• Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture ; v. 171. [More in this series]
• Studies in German Literature, Linguistics and Culture ; 171

Summary note

"Twenty-five years after the demise of the German Democratic Republic, there is perhaps more scholarship being produced on that country than ever. This is true also in literary studies, but especially in English-language literary scholarship there has been a strong imbalance toward a focus on the last three decades of GDR literature. The literature of the earlier GDR has mostly been dismissed or ignored, as the discontinuities between the early and late GDR have been emphasized over the considerable continuities. This book seeks to redress that state of affairs, examining the literature produced from the very beginnings of what became the GDR through the 1950s." -- Provided by publisher

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-355) and index.

Contents

• Introduction: reconstructing East German literature
• Part One: The absence of state (1945): In the zone, 1945
• Part Two: Constructing the state (1949): Brecht and the battle of the spirits, 1949
• German culture's will to power, 1949-50
• Fascinating fascists, 1949-50
• Part Three: Contesting the state (1953): Typical heroes, 1951-53
• The danger of optimism, 1953
• Part Four: The state cracks down (1956)
• The worst of times, 1956-58
• Literature for adults, 1956-59.

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ISBN

• 9781571139535 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 1571139532 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

2015021175

OCLC

920542583

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