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Author : Reinhard Alter
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900465190X
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (46 download)
Download or read book Kulturstreit - Streitkultur written by Reinhard Alter and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-04-12 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John David Pizer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110725037
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Ambivalent Literary Farewells to the German Democratic Republic written by John David Pizer and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-08-02 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study reverses the question implicit in title of Christa Wolf’s now-canonical 1990 novella Was bleibt (What remains), looking instead at what was lost during the process of German reunification. It argues that, in their work during and after the Wende, most literary authors from both East and West Germany responded ambivalently to the reunification. Many felt, on the one hand, a keen sense of loss as the GDR dissolved and an expanded Federal Republic summarily absorbed former Eastern Germany. They mourned the ideals of democratic socialism, tolerance, and internationalism that the GDR had held dear, as well as the country’s rich cultural life. On the other hand, however, they recognized that the GDR was a fundamentally corrupt surveillance state whose industry weighed heavily on the environment while failing to buoy the country’s economy. By looking at works by some of the most important authors from either side of the border, this study shows that those who unequivocally embraced the reunification were clearly in the minority.
Author : Jill E. Twark
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 9783110195996
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (959 download)
Download or read book Humor, Satire, and Identity written by Jill E. Twark and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2007 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the Eastern German literary trend of the 1990s employing humor and satire to come to terms with socialism's failure and a difficult unification process. This title surveys ten novels including, works by Brussig, Schulze, and Hensel. These contemporary texts help define Germany today from a specific, East German perspective.
Author : Dirk Verheyen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429974132
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)
Download or read book The German Question written by Dirk Verheyen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-04 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 'German Question,' long a subject of debate, is considered here at the close of a turbulent century, after Germany's defeat in two world wars, the Weimar failure and Nazi disaster, Cold War division, and the nation's unexpected recent reunification. This book systematically explores the issue in terms of its four central dimensions: Germany's identity, national unity, power, and role in world politics. Ambitious in conception and meticulous in execution, Dirk Verheyen's wide-ranging analysis incorporates historical and geopolitical considerations in an intellectually rigorous yet accessible discussion.
Author : Manfred Jurgensen
Publisher : Boolarong Press
ISBN 13 : 1925236188
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (252 download)
Download or read book Three Suns I saw written by Manfred Jurgensen and published by Boolarong Press. This book was released on 2015-08-13 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a unique collection of prose, verse and visual art in acknowledgment of the German-Australian writer Manfred Jurgensen and his prodigious literary work over the past 55 years.
Author : Jean E. Conacher
Publisher : Camden House (NY)
ISBN 13 : 1571139559
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (711 download)
Download or read book Transformation and Education in the Literature of the GDR written by Jean E. Conacher and published by Camden House (NY). This book was released on 2019-12-20 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how writers adhered to, played with, and subverted the formulaic precepts of educational transformation in the German Democratic Republic.
Author : William Grange
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810863146
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Postwar German Literature written by William Grange and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2009-07-09 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some authors strongly criticized attempts to rebuild a German literary culture in the aftermath of World War II, while others actively committed themselves to 'dealing with the German past.' There are writers in Austria and Switzerland that find other contradictions of contemporary life troubling, while some find them funny or even worth celebrating. German postwar literature has, in the minds of some observers, developed a kind of split personality. In view of the traumatic monstrosities of the previous century that development may seem logical to some. The Historical Dictionary of Postwar German Literature is devoted to modern literature produced in the German language, whether from Germany, Austria, Switzerland or writers using German in other countries. This volume covers an extensive period of time, beginning in 1945 at what was called 'zero hour' for German literature and proceeds into the 21st century, concluding in 2008. This is done through a list of acronyms and abbreviations, a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on writers, such as Nobel Prize-winners Heinrich Bsll, GYnter Grass, Elias Canetti, Elfriede Jelinek, and W. G. Sebald. There are also entries on individual works, genres, movements, literary styles, and forms.
Author : Karen Leeder
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316462390
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)
Download or read book Rereading East Germany written by Karen Leeder and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-14 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is the first to address the culture of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) as a historical entity, but also to trace the afterlife of East Germany in the decades since the fall of the Berlin Wall. An international team of outstanding scholars offers essential and thought-provoking essays, combining a chronological and genre-based overview from the beginning of the GDR in 1949 to the unification in 1990 and beyond, with in-depth analysis of individual works. A final chapter traces the resonance of the GDR in the years since its demise and analyses the fascination it engenders. The volume provides a 'rereading' of East Germany and its legacy as a cultural phenomenon free from the prejudices that prevailed while it existed, offering English translations throughout, a guide to further reading and a chronology.
Author : Helmut Schmitz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351933825
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)
Download or read book German Culture and the Uncomfortable Past written by Helmut Schmitz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with the question of the role of the past in the shaping of a contemporary identity, this volumes spans three generations of German and Austrian writers and explores changes and shifts in the aesthetics of Vergangenheitsbewältigung (coming to terms with the past). The purpose of the book is to assess contemporary German literary representations of National Socialism in a wider context of these current debates. The contributors address questions arising from a shift over the last decade, triggered by a generation change-questions of personal and national identity in Germany and Austria, and the aesthetics of memory. One of the central questions that emerges in relation to the Hitler youth generation is that of biography, as examined through Günter Grass' and Martin Walser's conflicting views on the subject of National Socialism. Other themes explored here are the conflict between the post-war generations and the contributions of that conflict to (West)-German mentality, and the growing historical distance and its influence on the aesthetics of representation.
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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004333789
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Seelenarbeit an Deutschland written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-08-09 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last decade has undoubtedly been the most controversial in the long literary career of Martin Walser. This volume presents a review of this career, going far beyond short-lived arguments to present an insightful overview of much of his work. It considers not only major aspects of his writing, covering both his literary beginnings and the most recent works, but also different, previously neglected features of his persona and his writing, namely his activity as a university teacher and his art criticism. In addition, fruitful comparisons are made with other writers, such as Proust, Grass and Uwe Johnson. At the same time, recent controversies are also considered with major attention being paid to Walser’s public speeches and those works of fiction which have been seen by some as demanding the end of German self-recriminations over the Nazi past. This volume is unique in that much space is devoted to both sides of the argument. It will provide stimulating reading to all those interested in Germany and German literature.
Author : Dirk Verheyen
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739118404
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)
Download or read book United City, Divided Memories? written by Dirk Verheyen and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Each topic is very thoroughly documented, weaving together historical information and current political debates surrounding memorial sites ... Highly valuable as a chronicle of the politics of memory. ... Recommended."---Choice, March 2009 --
Author : Derek Lewis
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 144226957X
Total Pages : 847 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Contemporary Germany written by Derek Lewis and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 847 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Contemporary Germanyprovides a comprehensive overview of most aspects of life and institutions in contemporary Germany. It also introduces the reader to the historical development of both East and West Germany between 1949 and 1990, and addresses the various issues arising from reunification. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Contemporary Germany contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 500 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Germany.
Author : Jill Twark
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110958147
Total Pages : 485 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Humor, Satire, and Identity written by Jill Twark and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-02-14 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book in English to survey the Eastern German literary trend of employing humor and satire to come to terms with experiences in the German Democratic Republic and after the fall of the Berlin Wall. As sophisticated attempts to make sense of socialism’s failure and a difficult unification process, these contemporary texts help define Germany today from a specific, Eastern German perspective. Grounded in politics and history, ten humorous and satirical novels are analyzed for their literary aesthetics and language, cultural critiques, and socio-political insights. The texts include popular novels such as Thomas Brussig’s Helden wie wir, Ingo Schulze’s Simple Storys, and Jens Sparschuh’s Der Zimmerspringbrunnen, as well as lesser-known but equally relevant works like Schlehweins Giraffe by Bernd Schirmer and Katerfrühstück by Erich Loest. A broad spectrum of humor and satire theories is applied to probe texts from various angles and suggest multi-layered answers to the question of how these literary modes function in postwall Germany to construct a specifically Eastern German identity. Interviews the author conducted with five of the satirists are appended as primary sources and contribute to the interpretation of the texts.
Author : Ruth J. Owen
Publisher : Rodopi
ISBN 13 : 9789042012073
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (12 download)
Download or read book The Poet's Role written by Ruth J. Owen and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2001 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of contemporary German poetry represents the first attempt to examine comprehensively and at some length the lyric response to the unification period. It sets out to investigate, by means of close textual analysis, whether the German 'Wende' was also a turning-point for poetry, exploring how GDR poets responded both to the revolutionary events of 1989 and subsequently to the new, united Germany. An introductory chapter considers what is distinct about poetry as a genre, especially under censorship or amid historic change, as well as outlining the post-unification 'Literaturstreit'. The following chapter offers a survey of the poet's role in the GDR from 1949 until 1989. Two central chapters then gather the poetry of the 'Wende' and unification as a corpus of work and characterize it, through the elucidation of recurring themes, motifs and techniques. The volume strikes a balance between giving a general overview of poetry written in 1989-1996 and focusing on individual poets whose work is particularly compelling. After identifying broad trends across a wide range of individual poems, collections and anthologies, single chapters therefore examine in greater depth the work of Volker Braun and Durs Grünbein. The concluding chapter addresses the issue of a separate GDR literature. Finally, an extensive, structured bibliography is provided, covering the poetry, literary criticism and cultural history of the period.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1100 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Literature Chiefly in the Fields of Arts and Humanities and the Social Sciences written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 1100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Monteath
Publisher : Rodopi
ISBN 13 : 9789042013230
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (132 download)
Download or read book Ernst Thälmann written by Peter Monteath and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2000 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diese Sammlung bietet eine breit angelegte Neubewertung des Lebens und der historischen Rolle von Ernst Thälmann, dem Vorsitzenden der Deutschen Kommunistischen Partei in der Zeit 1925 bis zu seiner Verhaftung von den Nazis 1933. Eine bedeutende Figur zu Lebzeiten - Thälmann war KPD-Führer während einer schicksalsschweren Zeit in der deutschen Geschichte - Thälmanns politische Rolle war keinesfalls auf die Zeit vor seinem Mord im Jahr 1944 begrenzt. In der DDR wurde er zum unangreifbaren Märtyrer im antifaschistischen Kampf erhoben. Die Beiträge in der ersten Hälfte des Bandes unternehmen anhand erst neulich zugänglicher Materialien aus den Archiven eine kritische Auseinandersetzung mit der historischen Figur Thälmann, von seiner Jugend bis hin zu seiner Haftzeit. In der zweiten Hälfte richtet sich das Augenmerk auf die politisch motivierte Bildung und Instrumentalisierung des Thälmann-Mythos in der offiziellen Geschichtsschreibung, im Film, in Denkmälern und in der Kunst der DDR. Der Band wird allen Wissenschaftlern, die auf den Gebieten moderne deutsche Geschichte und Geschichte der DDR arbeiten, von Interesse sein. This collection offers a wide-ranging re-evaluation of the life and the influence of Ernst Thälmann, the leader of the German Communist Party from 1925 through to his arrest and imprisonment by the Nazis in 1933. Significant in the context of his own life-time - Thälmann was KPD leader through a fateful period of German history - Thälmann's political influence was by no means confined to the period before his murder in 1944. In the GDR he was promoted to the status of unassailable martyr to the antifascist cause. The contributions in the first half of the volume re-examine critically and on the basis of newly accessible archival material the historical figure of Thälmann, from his early years through to the period of his incarceration. The second half of the collection then turns to the GDR's politically motivated creation and manipulation of the Thälmann myth, as it found representation in official history, in film and in art. The volume will be of interest to scholars working in the area of modern German or East German history.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Bulletin of the German Historical Institute London written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
