Christa Wolf's Utopian Vision: From Marxism to Feminism

Anna K. Kuhn

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511553974

This is a book-length chronological study in English of Christa Wolf's works. It traces the development and continuity of the writer's major themes and concerns against the backdrop of her constantly evolving relationship to Marxism, and documents the rise of her feminist consciousness. It does not, however, focus only on political and feminist issues, but addresses all facets of Wolf's identity by showing how her works reflect her own self-understanding. Forced by the clash between her vision of a humane socialism and the practice of socialism she observed in the German Democratic Republic to reassess her role as a writer and critic, Wolf broke through to her unique style in The Quest for Christa T., a work initially repudiated in the GDR both for its unorthodox subject matter and for its unconventional form. Since then, Wolf has effectively challenged the restrictions placed on writers in the GDR by writing on topics such as the Nazi past (Patterns of Childhood), Romanticism (No Place on Earth), patriarchal attitudes in the GDR (Cassandra) and the Chernobyl nuclear disaster (Störfall).

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From Marxism to Feminism

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Frontmatter
pp i-viii

Contents
pp ix-ix

Acknowledgments
pp x-xii

List of abbreviations
pp xiii-xiv

1 - Introduction: setting the context
pp 1-19

2 - Beginnings: experimentation with Socialist Realist paradigms
pp 20-50

3 - Christa T.: the quest for self-actualization
pp 51-95

4 - Patterns of Childhood: the confrontation with the self
pp 96-137

5 - No Place on Earth: revision of the Romantic heritage
pp 138-177

6 - Cassandra: myth, matriarchy, and the canon
pp 178-209

7 - In lieu of a conclusion. Störfall: the destruction of utopia?
pp 210-225

Notes
pp 226-264

Bibliography
pp 265-276

Index
pp 277-281

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