Speaking the Taboo: A Study of the Work of Wolfgang Hilbig.(Book Review)(Brief Article)

The Modern Language Review | October 1, 2002| | Copyright

Speaking the Taboo: A Study of the Work of Wolfgang Hilbig. By PAUL COOKE. (Amsterdamer Publikationen zur Sprache und Literatur, 141) Amsterdam and Atlanta, GA: Rodopi. 2000. x + 247 pp. $43.

One of Francois Villon's ballads, consisting almost entirely of proverb-like statements, contains the line 'Tant crie l'on Noel qu'il vient.' The equivalent cry of the GDR's cultural functionaries, particularly at the time of the 'Bitterfelder Weg', was for poets to emerge from the proletariat and laud the achievements of the workers' and peasants' state. However, when potentially ...

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