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Shifting perspectives : East German autobiographical narratives before and after the end of the GDR, Dennis Tate
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- Summary
- A striking feature of today's German literature is the survival of an East German subculture characterized by its authors' self-reflexive concern with their own lives, not only in texts labeled as autobiography but also those in the more ambiguous territory of what Christa Wolf has called 'subjective authenticity.' Dennis Tate provides the first detailed account of this phenomenon: its origins in the 1930s' exile debates, its evolution during the GDR's lifespan, and its manifestations in the work of five East German authors still widely read today: Brigitte Reimann, Franz Fühmann, Stefan Heym, Günter de Bruyn, and Christa Wolf. Tate shows how the preoccupation with self arose from the unusually turbulent circumstances in which this generation has lived. Having succumbed early to the temptation to simplify their life stories for misguided educational purposes, these authors have repeatedly reconstructed their personal and political identities as their perspectives on the past have shifted. Tate shows the importance of viewing their autobiographical writing as a multilayered historical process, exposing problems with canonical accounts of East German literature and enabling texts published under GDR censorship to be properly appreciated for the first time. Dennis Tate is Professor of German Studies at the University of Bath, UK
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (267 pages)
- Note
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015)
- Contents
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- Autobiographical writing in the East German context and beyond
- Brigitte Reimann: the constraints of first-person fiction
- Franz Fühmann: the deconstruction of an "exemplary" biography
- Stefan Heym: strategies of self-concealment in fictional and autobiographical mode
- Günter de Bruyn: from the "lies" of fiction to the "truth" of autobiography?
- Christa Wolf: "subjective authenticity" in practice: an evolving
- Isbn
- 9781571133724
- Label
- Shifting perspectives : East German autobiographical narratives before and after the end of the GDR
- Title
- Shifting perspectives
- Title remainder
- East German autobiographical narratives before and after the end of the GDR
- Statement of responsibility
- Dennis Tate
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A striking feature of today's German literature is the survival of an East German subculture characterized by its authors' self-reflexive concern with their own lives, not only in texts labeled as autobiography but also those in the more ambiguous territory of what Christa Wolf has called 'subjective authenticity.' Dennis Tate provides the first detailed account of this phenomenon: its origins in the 1930s' exile debates, its evolution during the GDR's lifespan, and its manifestations in the work of five East German authors still widely read today: Brigitte Reimann, Franz Fühmann, Stefan Heym, Günter de Bruyn, and Christa Wolf. Tate shows how the preoccupation with self arose from the unusually turbulent circumstances in which this generation has lived. Having succumbed early to the temptation to simplify their life stories for misguided educational purposes, these authors have repeatedly reconstructed their personal and political identities as their perspectives on the past have shifted. Tate shows the importance of viewing their autobiographical writing as a multilayered historical process, exposing problems with canonical accounts of East German literature and enabling texts published under GDR censorship to be properly appreciated for the first time. Dennis Tate is Professor of German Studies at the University of Bath, UK
- Cataloging source
- UkCbUP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Tate, Dennis
- Dewey number
- 830.9/943109045
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PT3723.5.A8
- LC item number
- T37 2007
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- German prose literature
- German prose literature
- Autobiographical fiction, German
- Autobiographical memory in literature
- Label
- Shifting perspectives : East German autobiographical narratives before and after the end of the GDR, Dennis Tate
- Note
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- Contents
- Autobiographical writing in the East German context and beyond -- Brigitte Reimann: the constraints of first-person fiction -- Franz Fühmann: the deconstruction of an "exemplary" biography -- Stefan Heym: strategies of self-concealment in fictional and autobiographical mode -- Günter de Bruyn: from the "lies" of fiction to the "truth" of autobiography? -- Christa Wolf: "subjective authenticity" in practice: an evolving
- Control code
- CR9781571137043
- Extent
- 1 online resource (267 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781571133724
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s).
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Label
- Shifting perspectives : East German autobiographical narratives before and after the end of the GDR, Dennis Tate
- Note
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Autobiographical writing in the East German context and beyond -- Brigitte Reimann: the constraints of first-person fiction -- Franz Fühmann: the deconstruction of an "exemplary" biography -- Stefan Heym: strategies of self-concealment in fictional and autobiographical mode -- Günter de Bruyn: from the "lies" of fiction to the "truth" of autobiography? -- Christa Wolf: "subjective authenticity" in practice: an evolving
- Control code
- CR9781571137043
- Extent
- 1 online resource (267 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781571133724
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s).
- Specific material designation
- remote
Subject
- Autobiographical fiction, German -- Germany (East)
- Autobiographical memory in literature
- German prose literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- German prose literature -- Germany (East) -- History and criticism
Member of
- Online access with EBA: Cambridge Books Online
- Online access with EBA: JSTOR
- Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture
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