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Mapping the contours of oppression : subjectivity, truth and fiction in recent German autobiographical treatments of totalitarianism Cover Image

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Mapping the contours of oppression : subjectivity, truth and fiction in recent German autobiographical treatments of totalitarianism

Evans, Owen 1967- (Author).

Summary: Despite all the assertions towards the end of the twentieth century that the literary subject had expired along with the author, the wave of autobiographies published in German after the Wende was a clear indication that, on the contrary, life stories were very much alive. In this study, Owen Evans examines the work of eight authors - Ludwig Harig, Uwe Saeger, Ruth Klüger, Günter de Bruyn, Günter Kunert, Christoph Hein, Grete Weil and Monika Maron - who all published personal texts after 1989 dealing either with life in Nazi Germany or the GDR, and in some cases both. By means of close textual.

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ISBN: 9781423785972
ISBN: 1423785975
Physical Description: 1 online resource (356 pages)
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Publisher: Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2006.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-349) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 'Auch ich hatte die Finger im Spiel': Ludwig Harig, Weh dem, der aus der Reihe tanzt (1990); 2 'Das Ich liegt immer jenseits der Worte': Uwe Saeger, Die Nacht danach und der Morgen (1991); 3 'Für jeden war es einmalig': Ruth Klüger, weiter leben: Eine Jugend (1992); 4 'Taktieren mit der Macht': Günter de Bruyn, Zwischenbilanz: Eine Jugend in Berlin (1992) and Vierzig Jahre: Ein Lebensbericht (1996); 5 'Die Katalyse des Schreibens': Günter Kunert, Erwachsenenspiele: Erinnerungen (1997).
Restrictions on Access Note:	Restrictions unspecified NLC staff and students only.
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
System Details Note:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
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Source of Description Note:	Print version record.