The writers' state: constructing East German literature 1945-1959
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 in English-language literary scholarship there has been a strong imbalan...
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Zusammenfassung: | 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 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 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 GDR through 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 long deemed 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. Stephen Brockmann is Professor of German at Carnegie Mellon University. |
Beschreibung: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Feb 2016) |
Umfang: | 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 368 Seiten) |
ISBN: | 9781782046813 |
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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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spelling | Brockmann, Stephen 1960- Verfasser (DE-588)133651665 aut The writers' state constructing East German literature 1945-1959 Stephen Brockmann Rochester, New York Camden House 2015 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 368 Seiten) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Feb 2016) 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 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 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 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 GDR through 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 long deemed 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. Stephen Brockmann is Professor of German at Carnegie Mellon University. Brecht, Bertolt 1898-1956 (DE-588)118514768 gnd rswk-swf Seghers, Anna 1900-1983 (DE-588)118612743 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte 1949-1959 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte 1945-1959 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte 1945-1949 gnd rswk-swf German literature / Germany (East) / History and criticism Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 gnd rswk-swf Deutschland Gebiet unter Alliierter Besatzung, Sowjetische Zone (DE-588)35102-7 gnd rswk-swf Deutschland DDR (DE-588)4011890-3 gnd rswk-swf Deutschland Gebiet unter Alliierter Besatzung, Sowjetische Zone (DE-588)35102-7 g Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 s Geschichte 1945-1949 z 1\p DE-604 Deutschland DDR (DE-588)4011890-3 g Geschichte 1949-1959 z 2\p DE-604 Brecht, Bertolt 1898-1956 (DE-588)118514768 p Geschichte 1945-1959 z 3\p DE-604 Seghers, Anna 1900-1983 (DE-588)118612743 p 4\p DE-604 Erscheint auch als Druckausgabe 978-1-57113-953-5 http://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781782046813/type/BOOK Verlag URL des Erstveröffentlichers Volltext 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 2\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 3\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 4\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
spellingShingle | Brockmann, Stephen 1960- The writers' state constructing East German literature 1945-1959 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 Brecht, Bertolt 1898-1956 (DE-588)118514768 gnd Seghers, Anna 1900-1983 (DE-588)118612743 gnd German literature / Germany (East) / History and criticism Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 gnd |
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title | The writers' state constructing East German literature 1945-1959 |
title_auth | The writers' state constructing East German literature 1945-1959 |
title_exact_search | The writers' state constructing East German literature 1945-1959 |
title_full | The writers' state constructing East German literature 1945-1959 Stephen Brockmann |
title_fullStr | The writers' state constructing East German literature 1945-1959 Stephen Brockmann |
title_full_unstemmed | The writers' state constructing East German literature 1945-1959 Stephen Brockmann |
title_short | The writers' state |
title_sort | the writers state constructing east german literature 1945 1959 |
title_sub | constructing East German literature 1945-1959 |
topic | Brecht, Bertolt 1898-1956 (DE-588)118514768 gnd Seghers, Anna 1900-1983 (DE-588)118612743 gnd German literature / Germany (East) / History and criticism Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 gnd |
topic_facet | Brecht, Bertolt 1898-1956 Seghers, Anna 1900-1983 German literature / Germany (East) / History and criticism Literatur Deutschland Gebiet unter Alliierter Besatzung, Sowjetische Zone Deutschland DDR |
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