{"product_id":"echoes-of-surrealism-challenging-socialist-realism-in-east-german-literature-1945-1990-9781805397205","title":"Echoes of Surrealism: Challenging Socialist Realism in East German Literature, 1945-1990","description":"For many artists and intellectuals in East Germany, daily life had an undeniably surreal aspect, from the numbing repetition of Communist Party jargon to the fear and paranoia engendered by the Stasi. Echoes of Surrealism surveys the ways in which a sense of the surreal infused literature and art across the lifespan of the GDR, focusing on individual authors, visual artists, directors, musicians, and other figures who have employed surrealist techniques in their work. It provides a new framework for understanding East German culture, exploring aesthetic practices that offered an alternative to rigid government policies and questioned and confronted the status quo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eGerrit-Jan Berendse\u003c\/strong\u003e is Emeritus Professor of the School of Modern Languages at Cardiff University. His publications include \u003cem\u003eDie S?chsische Dichterschule\u003c\/em\u003e (1990), \u003cem\u003eGrenz-Fallstudien\u003c\/em\u003e (1999), \u003cem\u003eSchreiben im Terrordom\u003c\/em\u003e (2005), \u003cem\u003eVom Aushalten der Extreme\u003c\/em\u003e (2011), and \u003cem\u003eBaader-Meinhof Returns\u003c\/em\u003e (2008), edited with Ingo Cornils.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50929193255186,"sku":"9781805397205","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1e13263e-7b28-47b3-aa73-b4c0363ea2fd.jpg?v=1739035435","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/echoes-of-surrealism-challenging-socialist-realism-in-east-german-literature-1945-1990-9781805397205","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}