Suicide in East German Literature: Fiction, Rhetoric, and the Self-Destruction of Literary Heritage
(Part of the Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture Series)
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The many fictional suicides in the literature of the German Democratic Republic have been greatly misunderstood. The common assumption is that authoritarian oppression in East Germany led to an anomalous abundance of real suicides, so that fictional suicides in GDR literature constitute a simple, realistic reflection of East German society. Robert Blankenship challenges this assumption by providing both a history of suicide in GDR literature and...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:157113574X
ISBN13:9781571135742
Release Date:August 2017
Publisher:Camden House (NY)
Length:202 Pages
Weight:1.03 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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