Daughters of Eve - Women's Writing from the German Democratic Republic

This volume is the first anthology of contemporary East German women's writing in English translation. It will introduce scholars and general readers to writers whose voices are essential to an understanding of the situation of women in today's changing Europe.

About the author

Nancy Lukens is an associate professor of German and women's studies at the University of New Hampshire.

 

Dorothy Rosenberg is an assistant professor of German studies and women's studies at Mount Holyoke College.

Summary

An anthology of contemporary East German women's writing in English translation. This work includes short stories, essays, autobiographical sketches, and excerpts from novels, written between 1974 and 1986 by women of the postwar generation. Their work reflects everyday life in the GDR before the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Product details

• Assisted by: Nancy Lukens (Editor), Dorothy Rosenberg (Editor), Nancy Lukens (Translation), Dorothy Rosenberg (Translation)
• Publisher: Univ Of Nebraska Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.1993
• EAN: 9780803279421
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-7942-1
• No. of pages: 332
• Dimensions: 149 mm x 228 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 463 g
• Series: European Women Writers (Paperb; European Women Writers; European Women Writers (Paperb
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies