| The Writers' State: Constructing East German Literature 1945-1959 Contributor(s): Brockmann, Stephen (Author) |
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ISBN: 1571139532 ISBN-13: 9781571139535 Publisher: Camden House (NY) OUR PRICE: $123.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - German - History | Ancient - General - History | Europe - Germany |
| Dewey: 930.994 |
| LCCN: 2015021175 |
| Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 9" (1.61 lbs) 380 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Germany - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Twenty-five years after the demise of the German Democratic Republic, there is perhaps more scholarship being produced on all aspects of that country than ever. This is true also in the field of literary studies, but especially inEnglish-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 by scholars, 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 GDRthrough the 1950s. In doing so it applies to GDR literature the insight gained by scholars over the past few decades that the immediate postwar period was more complex, more meaningful, and more rewarding of study than it was longdeemed to be. Far from all being mere propaganda or rote socialist realism, the literature of the early GDR has much to tell us about the budding socialist state, even as it goes far in explaining the developments in the later GDR. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brockmann, Stephen: - Associate professor of German, Carnegie Mellon University. |