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Complicity, censorship and criticism : negotiating space in the GDR literary sphere /
This study offers an interdisciplinary analysis of the cultural history of the German Democratic Republic. It examines the interaction between intellectuals and Party functionaries from a literary and historical perspective, drawing on and comparing archive material, autobiographies and the literary...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin ; New York :
De Gruyter,
©2011.
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| Colección: | Interdisciplinary German cultural studies ;
v. 10. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword; Contents; Introduction; Defining the GDR; The Intellectuals; Selection of Authors; Selection of Sources; Complicit Critic: Hermann Kant and the Writer as Functionary; Working with the Stasi: Kant as Inoffizieller Mitarbeiter; Censorship and Repression: The Publication of Das Impressum; Criticism from Within: Kant and the Writers' Union; Literary Portrayals of "Intellect" and "Power": Das Impressum; Conclusion; Hostile Partisan: Stefan Heym and the Search for Clarity; Censorship and Repression: 5 Tage im Juni, Biermann and Collin.
- Critical Voice: Alternative Public Forums, the Writer and the State in the Late GDRLiterary Portrayals of "Intellect" and "Power": Collin; Conclusion; Uncertain Comrade: Elfriede Brüning, Loyalty, Criticism and Power; Conclusion: Ambiguity, Fragmentation and the End of the GDR; Bibliography; Index of Names.