Christoph Hein in Perspective: 51 (German Monitor, 51) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9042014822 ISBN 13: 9789042014824

Publisher: Editions Rodopi B.V., 2000

Synopsis

Unlike many writers from the former GDR, Christoph Hein's reputation and standing - and his creativity - have remained intact despite the demise of the GDR in 1989-90. Christoph Hein in Perspective brings together essays by both established and younger scholars from Britain, Germany and the USA which together cover a wide spectrum of his work, from the early writings of the 1970s to the play In Acht und Bann of 1999 and including his speeches and essays as well as all his major prose works. There is a marked emphasis in the volume on Hein's post-Wende output, with about half the contributions focusing primarily on this period. Another feature is the diversity of perspectives from which the works are examined: historical and political viewpoints are complemented by formal and comparative studies as well as by gender-based perspectives. The volume includes additionally the first published English translation of what is for many Hein's most successful work for the stage, Die wahre Geschichte des Ah Q of 1983 (‘The True Story of Ah Q'). The volume as a whole should be of interest to scholars concerned with the GDR and with contemporary German culture, to undergraduate and postgraduate students, and also the others interested in the history and culture of Germany since 1945. Six of the essays are in English and six in German.

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Review

"...Christoph Hein in perspective [...] presents a balanced treatment of Hein's uvre..." in: Monatshefte, Vol. 94, No. 4, 2002, pp 574-575 "...informative and thought-provoking." in: Deutsch Lehren und Lernen, No 27, Spring 2003

Edition details

• Publisher: Editions Rodopi B.V.
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9042014822
• ISBN 13: 9789042014824
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 306
• Editor: Jackman Graham