The Poet's Role : : Lyric Responses to German Unification by Poets from the GDR /

The Poet's Role : : Lyric Responses to German Unification by Poets from the GDR / / Ruth J. Owen.

This study of contemporary German poetry represents the first attempt to examine comprehensively and at some length the lyric response to the unification period. It sets out to investigate, by means of close textual analysis, whether the German 'Wende' was also a turning-point for poetry,...

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Superior document:Amsterdamer Publikationen zur Sprache und Literatur ; 147
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Owen, Ruth J.
Place / Publishing House:Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2001.
Year of Publication:2001
Language:English
Series:Amsterdamer Publikationen zur Sprache und Literatur ; 147.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • 1: Introduction
  • 2: The Poet's Role in the GDR 1949-1989
  • 3: History and Poetry: 'Wende-Zeitgedichte'
  • 4: 'Die Stimmen der Verlierer': Post-Unification Poetry by ex-GDR Poets
  • 5: The End of a Role: Volker Braun's Post-'Wende' Poetry
  • 6: The Beginning of a Role: Durs Grünbein's Post-'Wende' Poetry
  • 7: Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Names
  • Index of Subjects.

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