"After the massacre of illusions": Specters of the GDR in the work of Volker Braun
The German Democratic Republic (GDR) was founded on the specter of communism; it now haunts contemporary capitalism as unrealized aspiration, trauma, or travesty. This article focuses on the representation of the after-life of the GDR in the work of Volker Braun. It examines the dominant concern wit...
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Duke University Press
2012
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