Shifting perspectives : East German autobiographical narratives before and after the end of the GDR

Publication Data

• Title Shifting perspectives : East German autobiographical narratives before and after the end of the GDR
• Author Dennis Tate
• Publisher Camden House
• Publication date 2007
• Publication location Columbia, S.C.
• Language English

Contents

Autobiographical writing in the East German context and beyond
Brigitte Reimann: the constraints of first-person fiction
Franz Fühmann: the deconstruction of an "exemplary" biography
Stefan Heym: strategies of self-concealment in fictional and autobiographical mode
Günter de Bruyn: from the "lies" of fiction to the "truth" of autobiography?
Christa Wolf: "subjective authenticity" in practice: an evolving.

Topics

• German prose literature :: Germany (East) :: History and criticism
• German prose literature :: 20th century :: History and criticism
• Autobiographical fiction, German :: Germany (East)
• Autobiographical memory in literature

Shifting perspectives : East German autobiographical narratives before and after the end of the GDR by Dennis Tate. ISBN 9781571133724. Published by Camden House in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.