LiteratureandGermanReunification(CambridgeStudiesinGerman)

ThisbookisasystematicattempttoexaminetheliteraryconsequencesofGermanreunification.PlacingtheconceptoftheKulturnationatthecentreofitsanalysis,thebookexploresthewaysinwhichliteraturebothrespondstoandhelpstoconstitutenotionsofGermannationalidentity.PreviousstudiesofGermanliteraturehavetendedtoavoidtheproblemofnationhood:thisisoneofthefewbooksinanylanguagetotreatcontemporaryGermanyasaculturalandnationalunity.ThebookdiscussesGermanliteraturefromtheearly1980sthroughthelate1990s,withaprimaryfocusonthewayinwhichauthorsofthe1990shavesoughttocopewithandrespondtoreunificationandemergingquestionsabouthistory,politicsandidentity.Largerquestionsareaddressedabouttheroleofboththenationandanationalliteratureinthecontextofeconomicandpoliticalglobalization.