LEADER 04080nam 22006492 450 001 9911008974903321 005 20151002020706.0 010 $a1-282-15058-8 010 $a9786612150586 010 $a1-57113-704-1 024 7 $a10.1515/9781571137043 035 $a(CKB)2550000000000208 035 $a(OCoLC)666937348 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10363687 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000309434 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11207094 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000309434 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10266979 035 $a(PQKB)11235285 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781571137043 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3003643 035 $a(DE-B1597)675149 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781571137043 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000000208 100 $a20120822d2007|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aShifting perspectives $eEast German autobiographical narratives before and after the end of the GDR /$fDennis Tate 210 1$aSuffolk :$cBoydell & Brewer,$d2007. 215 $a1 online resource (267 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aStudies in German literature, linguistics, and culture 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). 311 08$a1-57113-372-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [237]-258) and index. 327 $aAutobiographical writing in the East German context and beyond -- Brigitte Reimann: the constraints of first-person fiction -- Franz Fu?hmann: the deconstruction of an "exemplary" biography -- Stefan Heym: strategies of self-concealment in fictional and autobiographical mode -- Gu?nter de Bruyn: from the "lies" of fiction to the "truth" of autobiography? -- Christa Wolf: "subjective authenticity" in practice: an evolving. 330 $aA striking feature of today's German literature is the survival of an East German subculture characterized by its authors' self-reflexive concern with their own lives, not only in texts labeled as autobiography but also those in the more ambiguous territory of what Christa Wolf has called 'subjective authenticity.' Dennis Tate provides the first detailed account of this phenomenon: its origins in the 1930s' exile debates, its evolution during the GDR's lifespan, and its manifestations in the work of five East German authors still widely read today: Brigitte Reimann, Franz Fu?hmann, Stefan Heym, Gu?nter de Bruyn, and Christa Wolf. Tate shows how the preoccupation with self arose from the unusually turbulent circumstances in which this generation has lived. Having succumbed early to the temptation to simplify their life stories for misguided educational purposes, these authors have repeatedly reconstructed their personal and political identities as their perspectives on the past have shifted. Tate shows the importance of viewing their autobiographical writing as a multilayered historical process, exposing problems with canonical accounts of East German literature and enabling texts published under GDR censorship to be properly appreciated for the first time. Dennis Tate is Professor of German Studies at the University of Bath, UK. 410 0$aStudies in German literature, linguistics, and culture. 606 $aGerman prose literature$zGermany (East)$xHistory and criticism 606 $aGerman prose literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAutobiographical fiction, German$zGermany (East) 606 $aAutobiographical memory in literature 615 0$aGerman prose literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aGerman prose literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAutobiographical fiction, German 615 0$aAutobiographical memory in literature. 676 $a830.9/943109045 686 $aGN 1522$qBSZ$2rvk 700 $aTate$b Dennis$01827050 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911008974903321 996 $aShifting perspectives$94395111 997 $aUNINA