Blankenship Suicide in East German Literature

Fiction, Rhetoric, and the Self-Destruction of Literary Heritage
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-78744-059-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 183, 202 Seiten

Reihe: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture

This first book-length study of fictional suicides in East German literature provides insight into the complex and dynamic rhetoric of the GDR and the literariness of its literature.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Blankenship, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Deutsche Literatur
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Rhetoric of Suicide in East Germany
Suicide as an Anti-Fascist Literary Trope: 1945-71
Suicide and the Fluidity of Literary Heritage: Ulrich Plenzdorf's Die neuen Leiden des jungen W.
Remembering to Death: Werner Heiduczek's Tod am Meer
Suicide and the Reevaluation of Classicism: Christa Wolf's Kein Ort. Nirgends
Suicidal Voices: Heiner Müller's Hamletmaschine and Sibylle Muthesius's Flucht in die Wolken
Specters of Suicide: Christoph Hein's Horns Ende
Conclusion: The Reality of Fictional Suicides
Epilogue: The Literariness of East German Literature
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Blankenship Robert:
ROBERT BLANKENSHIP is Assistant Professor at California State University, Long Beach.