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Literature and German Reunification (Cambridge Studies in German)

by Stephen Brockmann

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

This book is the first systematic attempt in English to examine the literary consequences of German reunification. In its emphasis on problems of national identity, it is one of the first books in any language to treat contemporary Germany as a cultural and national unity. In exploring the ways in which authors of the 1990s have sought to cope with history and national identity, the book addresses questions about the role of the nation and a national literature in the context of economic and political globalization.

Review:

"This book surveys the issues and problems of unification within the German literary landscape very well." Monatshefte"Literature and German Reunification is an exemplary work of German cultural studies that situates literature in the realm of historical complexity without dissolving it into mere thematic documentation: instead, Brockmann's judicious surveys of the literary-historical landscape of contemporary Germany demonstrate the necessary vitality of literature as the "imaginative space" of the nation." World Literature Today"[A] provocative, pioneering study." Journal of English and Germanic Philology"An impressive volume." Michigan Germanic Studies

Synopsis:

The first full-length study in English of the literary consequences of German reunification.

Synopsis:

This is the first full-length study in English of the literary consequences of German reunification, and one of the first to treat contemporary Germany as a cultural and national unity. It discusses ways in which authors accommodate their national history and identity, and wider concepts of nationhood and national literatures.

Synopsis:

A full-length study of the literary consequences of German reunification.
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments; Introduction: locating the nation; 1. Searching for Germany in the 1980s; 2. A third path? 3. Literature and politics; 4. Literature and the Stasi; 5. The rebirth of tragedy?; 6. The defense of childhood and the guilt of the fathers; 7. The time and the place of the nation; Notes; Works cited; Index.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780521660549
Editor:
Nisbet, H. B.
Editor:
Swales, Martin
Editor:
Swales, Martin
Editor:
Nisbet, H. B.
Author:
Swales, Martin
Author:
Brockmann, Stephen
Author:
Ziolkowski, Theodore J.
Author:
Nisbet, H. B.
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Location:
Cambridge, UK ;
Subject:
History
Subject:
Germany
Subject:
European
Subject:
Literature and society
Subject:
European - German
Subject:
German literature
Subject:
Politics and literature
Subject:
European - General
Subject:
German literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Subject:
Politics and literature -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Subject:
Literature and society -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Subject:
Germany History Unification, 1990.
Subject:
German reunification question (1949-1990) in literature.
Subject:
German reunification question
Subject:
German literature--20th century--History and
Subject:
German literature -- 20th century.
Edition Description:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series:
Cambridge studies in German
Publication Date:
October 1999
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
Professional and scholarly
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
258
Dimensions:
9.26x6.22x.83 in. 1.00 lbs.
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