Rereading East Germany: The Literature and Film of the GDR

Hardback

Main Details

Title Rereading East Germany: The Literature and Film of the GDR
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Karen Leeder
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:274
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 157
Category/GenreFilm theory and criticism
Literary studies - from c 1900 -
ISBN/Barcode 9781107006362
ClassificationsDewey:830.900914
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Illustrations 9 Halftones, unspecified; 9 Halftones, black and white; 9 Halftones, unspecified; 9 Halftones, black and white

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 14 January 2016
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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 Biography

Karen Leeder is Professor of Modern German Literature at the University of Oxford and Fellow and Tutor in German, New College, Oxford.

Reviews

'Rereading East Germany brings together a wide range of excellent scholarly contributions and serves as a great introduction and model for an interdisciplinary approach to the GDR, particularly in the fields of literature and film.' Stephan Ehrig, Modern Language Review