Echoes of surrealism: challenging socialist realism in East German literature, 1945-1990

"For many artists and intellectuals in East Germany, daily life had an undeniably surreal aspect, from the numbing repetition of Communist Party jargon to the fear and paranoia engendered by the Stasi. Echoes of Surrealism surveys the ways in which a sense of the surreal infused literature and...

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1. Verfasser: Berendse, Gerrit-Jan 1959- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Berghahn Books 2021
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Zusammenfassung:"For many artists and intellectuals in East Germany, daily life had an undeniably surreal aspect, from the numbing repetition of Communist Party jargon to the fear and paranoia engendered by the Stasi. Echoes of Surrealism surveys the ways in which a sense of the surreal infused literature and art across the lifespan of the GDR, focusing on individual authors, visual artists, directors, musicians, and other figures who have employed surrealist techniques in their work. It provides a new framework for understanding East German culture, exploring aesthetic practices that offered an alternative to rigid government policies and questioned and confronted the status quo"--
Beschreibung:x, 215 Seiten 24 cm
ISBN:9781800730687

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