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Author Jones, Sara, 1980-

Title Complicity, censorship and criticism : negotiating space in the GDR literary sphere / Sara Jones.

Publication Info. Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter, [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 226 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Interdisciplinary German cultural studies, 1861-8030 ; v. 10
Interdisciplinary German cultural studies ; v. 10. 1861-8030
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Summary 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 output of the selected authors. Divided into three case studies, the work focuses on the writers Hermann Kant, Stefan Heym and Elfriede Brüning, in the period 1966-1989, and considers in detail the questions of complicity, censorship and criticism in the literary life of the GDR.
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Subject Kant, Hermann -- Criticism and interpretation.
Kant, Hermann.
Criticism and interpretation.
Heym, Stefan, 1913-2001 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Brüning, Elfriede -- Criticism and interpretation.
Heym, Stefan, 1913-2001.
Brüning, Elfriede.
Bruning, Elfriede -- Criticism and interpretation.
German literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
German literature.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Literature and society -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Literature and society.
Germany.
History.
Censorship in literature.
Censorship in literature.
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Jones, Sara, 1980- Complicity, censorship and criticism. Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter, ©2011 (DLC) 2011001791
ISBN 9783110237962 (electronic book)
3110237962 (electronic book)
3110237954 (acid-free paper)
9783110237955 (acid-free paper)
1283399458
9781283399456
9783110237955 (acid-free paper)