LEADER 02983pam a2200445 i 4500001 9994445533506421 005 20240509071528.0 008 151019t20152015nyu b 001 0 eng^^ 010 2015021175 020 9781571139535 |qhardcover |qalk. paper 020 1571139532 |qhardcover |qalk. paper 035 (NjP)9444553-princetondb 035 |z(NjP)Voyager9444553 035 (OCoLC)ocn920542583 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dERASA |dBDX |dYDXCP |dBTCTA |dOCLCO |dOCLCF 042 pcc 043 e-ge--- 050 00 PT3705 |b.B76 2015 082 00 930.9/943109045 |223 100 1 Brockmann, Stephen, |eauthor. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97055505 245 14 The writers' state : |bconstructing East German literature, 1945-1959 / |cStephen Brockmann. 264 1 Rochester, New York : |bCamden House, |c2015. 264 4 |c©2015 300 xi, 368 pages ; |c24 cm. 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 490 1 Studies in German Literature, Linguistics and Culture ; |v171 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-355) and index. 505 0 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. 520 2 "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." -- |cProvided by publisher 650 0 German literature |zGermany (East) |xHistory and criticism. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008105264 650 7 German literature. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00941797 651 7 Germany (East) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01210274 655 7 Criticism, interpretation, etc. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411635 830 0 Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture ; |vv. 171. 852 0 |bf |hPT3705 |i.B76 2015 902 yj |bs |6a |7m |dv |f1 |e20151223 904 yj |ba |hm |cb |e20151223 914 (OCoLC)ocn920542583 |bOCoLC |cmatch |d20240508 |eprocessed |f920542583