Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: The Rhetoric of Suicide in East Germany 1
5. 1: Suicide as an Antifascist Literary Trope: 1945–71 14
6. 2: Suicide and the Fluidity of Literary Heritage: Ulrich Plenzdorf’s Die neuen Leiden des jungen W. 25
7. 3: Remembering to Death: Werner Heiduczek’s Tod am Meer 47
8. 4: Suicide and the Reevaluation of Classicism: Christa Wolf’s Kein Ort. Nirgends 71
9. 5: Suicidal Voices: Heiner Müller’s Hamletmaschine and Sibylle Muthesius’s Flucht in die Wolken 95
10. 6: Specters of Suicide: Christoph Hein’s Horns Ende 110
11. Conclusion: The Reality of Fictional Suicides 138
12. Epilogue: The Literariness of East German Literature 144
13. Notes 147
14. Bibliography 171
15. Index 185