Writers And Politics In Germany, 1945-2008 »

A comprehensive survey of German literary writers' political writing and involvement since 1945.

Introduction 1

Pt. 1 The Years of Division

1 The Aftermath of War and the New Beginning 9

2 The 1950s: The Deepening Division 27

3 The 1960s: Taking Sides 43

4 A West German Interlude: Writers and Politics at the Time of the Student Movement 70

5 The 1970s: Writers on the Defensive 88

6 The 1980s: On the Threshold 111

Intermezzo: Writers and the Unification Process 132

Pt. 2 Writers and Politics After Unification

Segue: Political and Literary Developments Since Unification 145

7 East and West 150

8 New Views on the Past 164

9 A Swing to the Right? 180

Conclusion 195

Works Cited 203

Index 229