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Speaking the Taboo

A Study of the Work of Wolfgang Hilbig

Speaking the Taboo( )
Author: Cooke, Paul
Series title:Amsterdamer Publikationen Zur Sprache und Literatur Ser.
ISBN:978-90-420-1542-5
Publication Date:Jan 2000
Publisher:BRILL
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $83.00
Book Description:

Wolfgang Hilbig is a writer who is widely acknowledged as one of the most important to have emerged from the former GDR. In this study, the first in English, Paul Cooke explores the interplay of aesthetic and social 'taboos', as defined by the official discourse of the GDR, in a cross-section of Hilbig's critical writing, poetry and prose. The protagonists in Hilbig's texts suffer from a profound crisis of identity due to the disparity between the state's official presentation of life...
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Book Details
Pages:250
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.045 x 9.165 Inches
Book Weight:0.937 Pounds



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