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Echoes of Surrealism: Challenging Socialist Realism in East German Literature, 1945–1990

Gerrit-Jan Berendse

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Description: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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Echoes of Surrealism: Challenging Socialist Realism in East German Literature, 1945–1990. To get started finding Echoes of Surrealism: Challenging Socialist Realism in East German Literature, 1945–1990, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Echoes of Surrealism: Challenging Socialist Realism in East German Literature, 1945–1990. To get started finding Echoes of Surrealism: Challenging Socialist Realism in East German Literature, 1945–1990, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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