German Literature at a Time of Change 1989-1990

German Unity and German Identity in Literary Perspective. Edited by Arthur Williams, Stuart Parkes and Roland Smith.

The majority of the papers were written for the Second International Colloquium on Contemporary German Literature "Zwei Literaturen einer Nation?" held in the University of Bradford in April 1990. A discussion of the intellectual climate which nurtured the 'peaceful revolution' in the GDR is followed by analyses of the work and attitudes of significant east German authors; an underlying theme is the loss of identity, the loss of Utopia. West German reactions to the questions of unity and identity are then analysed, and a series of comparative studies presented. Finally, themes of importance for the common German future are discussed with particular reference to newer writers: environmental issues, women's writing, the changing role of the poet, problems of innovation. VIII,494 Seiten, gebunden (Bradford Series of Colloquia on Contemporary German Literature; Vol. 2/Peter Lang Verlag 1991) Mängelexemplar/near mint