1st Edition

No Man's Land

Edited By David W. Robinson Copyright 1995
228 Pages
by Routledge

228 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

The political events of "annus mirabilis" 1989 marked a rare turning point in world history, but the significance of the year for German literary history is unique. As the 40-year-old German Democratic Republic ceased to exist, so too did the special circumstances which had fostered a literature separate from and in competition with that of the Federal Republic of Germany. A new period of literary... Read more
Introduction, The activist Legacy of Theatre in the German Democratic Republic, From Trial to Condemnation: Th Date over Brecht/Dessau's 1951 Opera Lucullus, Periods of Precarious Adjustment, Discursive Contradictions: Questions about Heiner Muller's Autobiography, Only Limited Utopias are Realizable: On a Motif in the Plays of Peter Hacks, Not Peasant Stew! Real Theatre for the People!, Christoph Hein: Engagement in the German Democratic Republic, partial contents.

Biography

Robinson, David W.