Introduction: Farewell to the Literature of the Federal Republic? -- 1. Continuity or Change? Aspects of West German Writing 1945-60 -- 2. The Periodization of the Literature of the Federal Republic -- 3. Writing in the 1980s -- 4. Conscience of the Nation? Writers and Politics in the Federal Republic -- 5. The 'German Question' in German Letters. I. Writers and Intellectuals. II. 'Liedermacher' -- 6. Bonn or Berlin? -- 7. What will Remain? The Reinterpretation of Post-war German Literature -- Conclusion: The Future of German Literature
Summary
The future of German literature, like the future of united Germany, is a fascinating question and will be vigorously debated throughout the 1990s. In this, the first book-length study in English to tackle this controversial subject, Professor Bullivant analyses the main aspects of German literature since 1945 from the perspective of the 1990s. The author pays particular attention to the periodization of this literature, and especially to major new developments in the 1980s, to the social role of writers as intellectuals, to the treatment of the 'German Question' and to Berlin in German letters
Notes
Bibliography: p.201-202
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-202) and index
