Description: Voices in Times of Change : The Role of Writers, Opposition Movements and the Churches in the Transformation of East Germany, Hardcover by Rock, David (EDT), ISBN 1571819592, ISBN-13 9781571819598, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this volume offers an overview of the role of writers, intellectuals, citizens, and the churches both before, but particularly after, 1989 in the GDR and the new Germany. Friedrich Schorlemmer provides the focal point, giving th its coherence. Issues related to his role in the GDR church and citizens movement are examined, as well as his support for GDR writers both before and after unification, and his own writings on east and west German literature. After general surveys on intellectuals, civil rights groups, opposition movements, and churches in the transformation of east Germany the volume focuses on Friedrich Schorlemmer himself: a chapter on the significance of the role that he played is followed by interviews with him and an original essay by him, giving his personal view of the role of intellectuals, citizens, and writers in east Germany. The volume is rounded off by a chapter on the reactions of lesser known writers, and, finally, on the responses of prominent GDR writers to unification and on the changing role of writers in society. Combining literary and cultural with social and political analysis, this volume provides a lively and multifaceted picture of the new Germany.
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Book Title: Voices in Times of Change : The Role of Writers, Opposition Movem
Number of Pages: 160 Pages
Publication Name: Voices in Times of Change : The Role of Writers, Opposition Movements, and the Churches in the Transformation of East Germany
Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2000
Subject: Sociology / General, History & Theory, Modern / 20th Century, General, World / European, Religion, Politics & State
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 14.4 Oz
Subject Area: Religion, Political Science, Social Science, History
Author: David Rock
Item Length: 9 in
Series: Culture and Society in Germany Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
