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by Helen Bridge (Author)
This is not only the first study to offer a detailed comparison of historical and literary discourses in the GDR, but also the first to illuminate relations between three topics popular in East German women's writing: the National Socialist past; the lives of historical women; and the use of mythical themes and forms to voice critiques of history.
Author Biography
Helen Bridge received her D.Phil. from the University of Oxford in 1999. She is currently a lecturer in German at the University of Exeter.