An edition of The Berlin Wall (1996)

The Berlin Wall

Representations and Perspectives (Studies in Modern German Literature)

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An edition of The Berlin Wall (1996)

The Berlin Wall

Representations and Perspectives (Studies in Modern German Literature)

The collection of essays presented in The Berlin Wall offers reflections on the Berlin Wall (1961-1989) from a wealth of interdisciplinary and international perspectives. The studies of literary and cultural texts - many not easily accessible to the English-speaking public - present the Wall as one of the most powerful phenomena and as a visible and decipherable text of twentieth-century life in the heart of Germany.

Literary interpretations, cultural studies, and historical investigations combine to shed light on the "life" of the Wall as a key indicator of the paradoxes, contradictions, and complexities of Germany's history of division. The role of the Berlin Wall in the British espionage novel is investigated, as well as the overt and covert use of literary imagery referring to the Wall by German authors in their poetry, stories, novels, and plays in both the FRG and the GDR. Several essays concentrate on the representation of the Wall in popular culture, in contemporary songs, in the cinema, and even through the graffiti on the Wall itself. The final section focuses on the fall of the Wall and its aftermath.

Although physically removed, the Berlin Wall will continue to live on in history and in the pages of this anthology as a symbol of the struggle between the most powerful ideologies of the twentieth century.

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Language
English
Pages
388

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Cover of: The Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall: Representations and Perspectives (Studies in Modern German Literature)
June 1996, Peter Lang Publishing, Lang Publishing, Incorporated, Peter
Hardcover in English

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Classifications

Library of Congress
PT405 .B448 1996, PT405.B448 1996

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
388
Dimensions
9 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
Weight
1.4 pounds

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL11395689M
Internet Archive
bwb_P8-CBI-700_79
ISBN 10
0820428841
ISBN 13
9780820428840
LCCN
96016194
OCLC/WorldCat
34633363
Library Thing
6235192
Goodreads
201954

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