Writing in red. The East German writers union and the role of literary intellectuals

Writing in red. The East German writers union and the role of literary intellectuals /

In the German Democratic Republic words and ideas mattered, both for legitimizing and criticizing the regime. No wonder, then, that the ruling SED party created a Writers Union to mold what writers publicly wrote and said. Its chief task was ideological: creating a socialist and antifascist culture....

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Main Author: Goldstein, Thomas W.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Woodbridge : Boydell & Brewer Ltd., 2017.
Series:German history in context.
Subjects:
Schriftstellerverband der DDR.
Schriftstellerverband der DDR
German literature > Germany (East) > History and criticism.
Authors, German > Germany (East)
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > German.
Authors, German
German literature
Intellectual life
Germany (East) > Intellectual life.
Germany (East)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed)
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER ONE. GERMAN WRITERS ASSOCIATIONS THROUGH 1970
  • CHAPTER TWO. SOCIOECONOMIC FUNCTIONS
  • CHAPTER THREE. THE ERA OF NO TABOOS? 1971-76
  • CHAPTER FOUR. A DISCIPLINING INSTRUMENT, 1976-79
  • CHAPTER FIVE. DEFENDING PEACE, DEFINING PARTICIPATION, 1979-83
  • CHAPTER SIX. YEARS OF RESIGNATION, 1983-85
  • CHAPTER SEVEN. GLASNOST IN THE GDR? 1985-89
  • CHAPTER EIGHT. COMING FULL CIRCLE, 1989-90
  • CONCLUSION
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • Index

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