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024	7		_a10.1163/9789004485792 _2DOI
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100	1		_aOwen, Ruth J. _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe Poet's Role : _bLyric Responses to German Unification by Poets from the GDR / _cRuth J. Owen.
246	3		_aLyric Responses to German Unification by Poets from the GDR
264		1	_aLeiden; _aBoston : _bBRILL, _c2001.
300			_a1 online resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aBrill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495
490	1		_aAmsterdamer Publikationen zur Sprache und Literatur ; _v147
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aAcknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1: Introduction -- 2: The Poet's Role in the GDR 1949-1989 -- 3: History and Poetry: 'Wende-Zeitgedichte' -- 4: 'Die Stimmen der Verlierer': Post-Unification Poetry by ex-GDR Poets -- 5: The End of a Role: Volker Braun's Post-'Wende' Poetry -- 6: The Beginning of a Role: Durs Grünbein's Post-'Wende' Poetry -- 7: Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects.
520			_aThis study of contemporary German poetry represents the first attempt to examine comprehensively and at some length the lyric response to the unification period. It sets out to investigate, by means of close textual analysis, whether the German 'Wende' was also a turning-point for poetry, exploring how GDR poets responded both to the revolutionary events of 1989 and subsequently to the new, united Germany. An introductory chapter considers what is distinct about poetry as a genre, especially under censorship or amid historic change, as well as outlining the post-unification 'Literaturstreit'. The following chapter offers a survey of the poet's role in the GDR from 1949 until 1989. Two central chapters then gather the poetry of the 'Wende' and unification as a corpus of work and characterize it, through the elucidation of recurring themes, motifs and techniques. The volume strikes a balance between giving a general overview of poetry written in 1989-1996 and focusing on individual poets whose work is particularly compelling. After identifying broad trends across a wide range of individual poems, collections and anthologies, single chapters therefore examine in greater depth the work of Volker Braun and Durs Grünbein. The concluding chapter addresses the issue of a separate GDR literature. Finally, an extensive, structured bibliography is provided, covering the poetry, literary criticism and cultural history of the period.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aGerman poetry _y20th century _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_aGerman poetry _zGermany (East) _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_aPoets, German _zGermany (East)
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _tThe Poet's Role : Lyric Responses to German Unification by Poets from the GDR. _dLeiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2001 _z9789042012073 _w(OCoLC)48752496
830		0	_aBrill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495.
830		0	_aAmsterdamer Publikationen zur Sprache und Literatur ; _v147.
856	4		_zDOI: _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004485792
999			_c20159 _d20159