Women's Writing and Historiography in the GDR Book

Introduction Introduction
I. 'Das Vergangene ist nicht tot': new approaches to National Socialism in literature of the 1970s
1. Historical and literary treatments of National Socialism prior to the 1970s
2. Shifting perspectives on the National Socialist past in 1970s literature and historiography
3. 'Der gewöhnliche Faschismus': Helga Schütz's Jette / Julia novels
4. 'Wie sind wir so geworden, wie wir heute sind?': Christa Wolf's Kindheitsmuster and its reception in the GDR
5. Developments in historians' and writers' approaches to National Socialism after Kindheitsmuster
II. 'ihre Geschichte wäre noch zu schreiben': biographical fictions about women
6. Women's lives as a challenge to Orthodox historical narratives
7. Academic work on women's history in the GDR and feminist debates in the West
8. Writing a woman's life: Christa Wolf; Sigrid Dumm and Renate Feyl; Brigitte Struzyk
III. 'Die Welt der unendlichen Möglichkeiten neben dieser einen Realität': fantastic approaches to history in literature of the 1970s and 1980s
9. Literary treatments of myth in the GDR
10. Fantastic approaches to history: Morgner's Trobadora Beatriz and Königsdorf's Respektloser Umgang
11. Myth as history and history as myth: Wolf's Kassandra and Morgner's Amanda
Conclusion Bibliography Index