Stephen Brockmann

The Writers' State (eBook, PDF)

Constructing East German Literature, 1945-1959

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Produktbeschreibung

Examines the literature produced from the very beginnings of what became the GDR through the 1950s, redressing a tendency of literary scholarship to focus on the later GDR.



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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 380
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781782046813
• Artikelnr.: 56163587

Autorenporträt

Stephen Brockmann

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Reconstructing East German Literature In the Zone
1945 Brecht and the Battle of the Spirits
1949 German Culture's Will to Power
1949-50 Fascinating Fascists
1949-50 Typical Heroes
1951-53 The Danger of Optimism
1953 The Worst of Times
1956-58 Literature for Adults
1956-59 Conclusion Selected Bibliography Index