Contemporary German Fiction: Writing in the Berlin Republic »

Stuart Taberner is Professor of Contemporary German Literature, Culture and Society at the University of Leeds.

These accessible and informative essays explore the central themes and contexts of the best writers working in Germany today.

1. Introduction Stuart Taberner;
2. Literary debates and the literary market since Unification Frank Finlay;
3. Berlin as the literary capital of German Reunification Stephen Brockmann;
4. 'GDR literature' in the Berlin Republic Paul Cooke;
5. 'West German writing' in the Berlin Republic Stuart Taberner;
6. Literary reflections on '68 Ingo Cornils;
7. Pop literature in the Berlin Republic Sabine von Dirke;
8. Representations of the Nazi past I: 'perpetrators' Bill Niven;
9. Representations of the Nazi past II: 'German wartime suffering' Helmut Schmitz;
10. German literature in the Berlin Republic - writing by women Lyn Marven;
11. Cultural memory and identity formation in the Berlin Republic Margaret Littler;
12. Turkish-German fiction since the mid-1990s Moray McGowan;
13. German-language writing from Eastern and Central Europe Brigid Haines;
14. Writing by Germany's Jewish minority Erin McGlothlin.