LEADER 03875nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910456569403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-39945-8 010 $a9786613399458 010 $a3-11-023796-2 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110237962 035 $a(CKB)2550000000041416 035 $a(EBL)736999 035 $a(OCoLC)743693621 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000530352 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11339101 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000530352 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10568768 035 $a(PQKB)11577014 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC736999 035 $a(WaSeSS)Ind00009768 035 $a(DE-B1597)123015 035 $a(OCoLC)747413878 035 $a(OCoLC)772681989 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110237962 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL736999 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10485478 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL339945 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000041416 100 $a20110124d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aComplicity, censorship and criticism$b[electronic resource] $enegotiating space in the GDR literary sphere /$fSara Jones 210 $aBerlin ;$aNew York $cDe Gruyter$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (236 p.) 225 1 $aInterdisciplinary German cultural studies,$x1861-8030 ;$vv. 10 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-11-023795-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tForeword -- $tContents -- $tIntroduction -- $tComplicit Critic: Hermann Kant and the Writer as Functionary -- $tHostile Partisan: Stefan Heym and the Search for Clarity -- $tUncertain Comrade: Elfriede Brüning, Loyalty, Criticism and Power -- $tConclusion: Ambiguity, Fragmentation and the End of the GDR -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex of Names 330 $aThis study develops an interdisciplinary approach to the analysis of the cultural history of the German Democratic Republic, examining the interaction between intellectuals and Party functionaries from a literary and historical perspective. Divided into three case studies, the work focuses on writers positioned along a spectrum of conformity and dissent and who had quite different relationships to political power: Hermann Kant, Stefan Heym and Elfriede Brüning.Drawing on and comparing unpublished archive material, autobiography and the literary output of the three named writers, this study brings to the fore the ambiguities and contradictions of intellectual life in the GDR. Tensions between the different sources point towards tensions inherent in the subject positions of writers, publishers, reviewers and cultural authorities. This granular approach to the study of GDR cultural history challenges top-down interpretations and builds into a theoretical understanding of GDR cultural life based on the concepts of ambiguity and ambivalence and the increasing fragmentation of ideology. Comparison with other spheres of GDR life points towards the significance of these concepts for the study of East German society as a whole. 410 0$aInterdisciplinary German cultural studies ;$vv. 10. 606 $aGerman literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aLiterature and society$zGermany$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCensorship in literature 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aGerman literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aLiterature and society$xHistory 615 0$aCensorship in literature. 676 $a830.9/943109045 686 $aGN 1522$2rvk 700 $aJones$b Sara$f1980-$01055633 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456569403321 996 $aComplicity, censorship and criticism$92489198 997 $aUNINA