Suicide in East German Literature : Fiction, Rhetoric, and the Self-Destruction of Literary Heritage.

This first book-length study of fictional suicides in East German literature provides insight into the complex and dynamic rhetoric of the GDR and the literariness of its literature.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Blankenship, Robert
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Melton : Boydell & Brewer, 2017.
Series:Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture.
Subjects:
Suicide in literature.
German literature > Germany (East) > History and criticism.
Suicide dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > German.
PSYCHOLOGY > Suicide.
German literature.
Germany (East)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontcover
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Rhetoric of Suicide in East Germany
  • 1: Suicide as an Antifascist Literary Trope: 1945-71
  • 2: Suicide and the Fluidity of Literary Heritage: Ulrich Plenzdorf's Die neuen Leiden des jungen W.
  • 3: Remembering to Death: Werner Heiduczek's Tod am Meer
  • 4: Suicide and the Reevaluation of Classicism: Christa Wolf's Kein Ort. Nirgends
  • 5: Suicidal Voices: Heiner Müller's Hamletmaschine and Sibylle Muthesius's Flucht in die Wolken
  • 6: Specters of Suicide: Christoph Hein's Horns Ende
  • Conclusion: The Reality of Fictional Suicides
  • Epilogue: The Literariness of East German Literature
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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