German Writers and the Politics of Culture
| Author | : Paul Cooke |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 278 |
| Release | : 2003-12-09 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781403938756 |
| ISBN-13 | : 140393875X |
| Rating | : 4/5 (75X Downloads) |
Download or read book German Writers and the Politics of Culture written by Paul Cooke and published by Springer. This book was released on 2003-12-09 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before the fall of the Berlin Wall many East German writers were praised in the Western world as dissident voices of truth, bravely struggling with the draconian constraints of living under the GDR's communist regime. However, since unification, Germany has been rocked by scandals showing the level to which the Stasi, the East German Secret Police, controlled these same writers. This is the first study in English to systematically explore how the writers have responded to the challenge of dealing with the Stasi from the 1950s to the present day.
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