Description: Building Socialism by Dr. Curtis Swope Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Building Socialism reveals how East German writers engagement with the rapidly changing built environment from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s constitutes an untold story about the emergence of literary experimentation in the post-War period. It breaks new ground by exploring the centrality of architecture to a mid-century modernist literature in dialogue with multiple literary and left-wing theoretical traditions and in tune with international assessments of modernist architecture and urban planning.Design and construction were a central part of politics and everyday life in East Germany during this time as buildings old and new were asked to bear heavy ideological and social burdens. In their novels, stories, and plays, Heiner MÜller, Christa Wolf, GÜnter Kunert, Volker Braun, GÜnter de Bruyn, and Brigitte Reimann responded to enormous new factory complexes, experimental new towns, the demolition of Berlins tenements, and the propagation of a pared-down modernist aesthetic in interior design. Writers representation of the design, construction, and use of architecture formed part of a turn to modernist literary devices, including montage, metaphor, and shifting narrative perspectives. East Germanys literary architecture also represents a sophisticated theoretical reflection on the intractable problems of East Germanys socialist modernity, including the alliance between state socialism and technological modernization, competing commitments to working-class self-organization and the power of specialist planners and designers, and the attempt to create an alternative to fascism. Author Biography Curtis Swope is Associate Professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, USA. Details ISBN 150135177X ISBN-13 9781501351778 Title Building Socialism Author Dr. Curtis Swope Format Paperback Year 2018 Pages 272 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc GE_Item_ID:119835465; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9781501351778
Book Title: Building Socialism
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Publication Name: Building Socialism : Architecture and Urbanism in East German Literature, 1955-1973
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Item Height: 0.6 in
Subject: Comparative Literature, European / German, Criticism, Subjects & Themes / General
Publication Year: 2018
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 11.4 Oz
Item Length: 8.5 in
Author: Curtis Swope
Subject Area: Architecture, Literary Criticism
Item Width: 5.5 in
Series: New Directions in German Studies
Format: Trade Paperback
