04374nam 22007092 450 991100847250332120151002020704.01-282-79557-097866127955721-57113-754-810.1515/9781571137548(CKB)2670000000060464(SSID)ssj0000431498(PQKBManifestationID)12174625(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000431498(PQKBWorkID)10475829(PQKB)11557793(SSID)ssj0000878042(PQKBManifestationID)11560714(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000878042(PQKBWorkID)10813332(PQKB)22642433(UkCbUP)CR9781571137548(MiAaPQ)EBC3003713(DE-B1597)676730(DE-B1597)9781571137548(EXLCZ)99267000000006046420120822d2009|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierWriters and politics in Germany, 1945-2008 /Stuart ParkesSuffolk :Boydell & Brewer,2009.1 online resource (x, 239 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Studies in German literature, linguistics, and cultureTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).1-57113-401-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-227) and index.The aftermath of war and the new beginning -- The 1950s : the deepening division -- The 1960s: taking sides -- A West German interlude : writers and politics at the time of the student movement -- The 1970s : writers on the defensive -- The 1980s : on the threshold -- Intermezzo : writers and the unification process -- Segue : political and literary developments since Unification -- East and West -- New views on the past -- A swing to the Right?George Orwell said that all writing is political; but the writers of some nations and some periods are more political than others. German writers after 1945 have exemplified such heightened politicization, and this book considers their contribution to the democratic development of Germany by looking principally at their directly political, non-fictional writings. It pays particular attention to writers and the student movement of the 1960s and '70s, when some proclaimed the death of literature and called for a turn to direct political action. Yet writers in both parts of Germany gradually came to identify with their respective states, even if the idea of one Germany never entirely disappeared. The unification of 1989-1990, in which this idea astonishingly became reality, posed a major (and some would say unmet) challenge to writers in both East and West. After looking at this period of intense political activities, the book considers the continuing East/West division and changing attitudes to the Nazi past, asking whether the intellectual climate has swung to the right. It also asks to what extent political involvement has been a generational project for the immediate postwar generation and is less important for younger writers who see the Federal Republic as a 'normal' democratic state. Stuart Parkes is Emeritus Professor of German from the University of Sunderland (UK).Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture.Writers & Politics in Germany, 1945–2008Authors, German20th centuryPolitical and social viewsAuthors, German21st centuryPolitical and social viewsGerman literature20th centuryHistory and criticismGerman literature21st centuryHistory and criticismGermanyPolitics and governmentAuthors, GermanPolitical and social views.Authors, GermanPolitical and social views.German literatureHistory and criticism.German literatureHistory and criticism.830.9/35843087GM 1411BSZrvkParkes K. Stuart1943-1157853UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9911008472503321Writers and politics in Germany, 1945-20084394214UNINA