Buch, Englisch, Band 117, 263 Seiten, Format (B × H): 15 mm x 22 mm
A study of his prose-writing
Buch, Englisch, Band 117, 263 Seiten, Format (B × H): 15 mm x 22 mm
Reihe: Amsterdamer Publikationen zur Sprache und Literatur
ISBN: 978-90-5183-805-3
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi
Dennis Tate argues that, from the middle 1950s onwards, Fühmann's prose writing is both stylistically innovative and committed to the authentic representation of his experience, thereby challenging the conventional wisdom that little writing of international significance could be produced in the ideological context of the GDR until Honecker introduced his `no taboos' cultural policy in 1971. Fühmann's widely praised later texts (ranging from the autobiographical Zweiundzwanzig Tage oder Die Hälfte des Lebens and Vor Feuerschlünden to mythical and satirical short stories such as `Marsyas' and `Drei nackte Männer') can now be seen as the culmination of an impressive creative development rather than as the result of a late conversion to literary truthfulness.
The volume will be of interest to students and teachers of post-1945 German literature as well as to general readers aware of the vitality of Central European culture throughout the period of East-West ideological division.
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Preface. 1. Educated for Auschwitz? Childhood, War and Soviet Captivity 1922-49. 2. Spokesman for the New Germany 1950-58. 3. Freelance Author, GDR Loyalist: Destructive Contradictions 1958-68. 4. At the Forefront of Cultural Change 1968-76. 5. The Voice in the Wilderness 1977-84. Conclusion: The Struggle for Recognition 1984-94. Appendix: A Checklist of Fühmann's Prose Works. Bibliography. Index.
