Socialism and the Literary Imagination

Essays on East German Writers

• Author(s): Martin Kane,
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Pages: 256
• ISBN_10: 0854966439
  ISBN_13: 9780854966431
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / European / German , Political Science / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism ,

Description:... This is a collection in which the contributors, distinguished scholars from Britain, the USA and East and West Germany, are all enthusiasts of East German literature who feel that too often the literature and artistic qualities of East German writing are lost sight of in the debate about censorship, cultural control, dissident writers and related issues. In this volume the contributors voice their passions for a particular GDR writer and explain - in a way which will also engage the attention of a nonspecialist readership - why the work of their chosen author deserves to be considered alongside the best in contemporary European and world literature. Most of the works presented here are available in English translation.