Suicide in East German literature : fiction, rhetoric, and the self-destruction of literary heritage /: fiction, rhetoric, and the self-destruction of literary heritage. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Robert Blankenship.
• Authors: Blankenship, Robert, 1980-
• Contents: Introduction: The Rhetoric of Suicide in East Germany -- Suicide as an Anti-Fascist Literary Trope: 1945-71 -- Suicide and the Fluidity of Literary Heritage: Ulrich Plenzdorf's Die neuen Leiden des jungen W. -- Remembering to Death: Werner Heiduczek's Tod am Meer -- Suicide and the Reevaluation of Classicism: Christa Wolf's Kein Ort. Nirgends -- Suicidal Voices: Heiner Müller's Hamletmaschine and Sibylle Muthesius's Flucht in die Wolken -- Specters of Suicide: Christoph Hein's Horns Ende -- Conclusion: The Reality of Fictional Suicides -- Epilogue: The Literariness of East German Literature.
• Publisher Details: Rochester, New York : Camden House
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (193 pages)
• Subjects: 830.93548; Suicide in literature; German literature -- Germany (East) -- History and criticism; German literature; Suicide in literature; Literatur; Selbstmord; Germany (East); Deutschland; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1787440591; 9781787440593
• Related ISBNs: 157113574X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-184) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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