Author: Kane, Martin; editor:
Title: Socialism and the Literary Imagination: Essays on East German Writers.
Description: New York / Oxford, Berg, (1991). orig.boards. 22x14cm, xi, 256 pp. Minor rubbing, small label on rear cover, VG. ¶ Contains 15 papers. Includes: H. Richter " 'Vollendung träumend ...': Johannes R. Becher's Later Writing"; W. Jens "Laudatio for Anna Seghers"; M. Kane "Visions for a New Society: Anna Seghers in the GDR"; R. Hillich " Erwin Strittmatter: A Poetical Philosopher from the Land of 'Naivitas' "; M. Pender "Popularising Socialism: The Case of Stefan Heym"; B. Keith- Smith " 'Das lebendige Erzählen': Johannes Bobrowski Poet of Recall and Readjustment"; D. Tate "Franz Fühmann: A Neglected Legacy"; R. Schmidt " Truth, Language, and Reality in Christa Wolf"; M. McGowan "Marxist - Postmodernist - German: History and Dramatic Form in the Work of Heiner Mü ller"; A. Cardinal " 'Be Realistic: Demand the Impossible'. On Irmtraud Morgner's Salman Trilogy"; M. Kane "Tales and the Telling: The Novels of Jurek Becker"; M. Gerber "Impertinence, Productive Fear and Hope: The Writings of Helga Köningsdorf"; A. Subiotto "Volker Braun: Literary Metaphors and the Travails of Socialism"; J.H. Reid "Reading Christoph Hein"; I. Pergande " ' Volker Braun? - Da kann ich nur sagen, der Junge quält sich ...': New Voices in the GDR Lyric of the 1980s".

Keywords: Literary Criticism, German Literature, East Germany, Democratic Republic, Criticism Socialism, Jurek Becker, Socialist D.D.R., Christoph Hein, Volker Braun