Arguably the most importantand influentialGerman woman writer of the last century, Christa Wolf was long heralded as "die gesamtdeutsche Autorin," an author for all of Germany; but, after 1989 in unified Germany, Wolf found herself suddenly embroiled in controversies that challenged her integrity and consigned her to an ideologically suspect identity as "DDR Schriftstellerin (GDR writer) or Staatsdichterin (state poet).What Remains: Responses to the Legacy of Christa Wolf asks the question of what truly remains of her legacy in the annals of contemporary German culture and history. Unlike most of what appeared in the wake of Wolfs death, however, the contributions to this international volume seek neither to monumentalize her nor to dismantle her stature, but to employ a range of methodologiescomparative, intertextual, psychoanalytic, historical, transculturalto offer sensitive assessments of Wolfs major literary texts, as well as of her lesser known work in genres such as film and essay.

Patricia Herminghouse is Fuchs Professor emerita of German Studies, University of Rochester. She has written widely on German Literature since the nineteenth century, including the social contexts of womens writing, GDR literature, and German émigré culture in nineteenth century America. Her Publications includeGender and Germanness: Cultural Productions of Nation (co-ed.) andGerman Literature in a New Century: Trends, Traditions, Transitions, Transformations (co-ed.).

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IntroductionGerald Fetz and Patricia Herminghouse

Part I: Patterns of Memory: The Trauma of the Forgotten

Chapter 1. Far Away So Close: Transcultural Memory as Christa Wolfs Last WordSilke von der Emde

Chapter 2. Whos Afraid of Christa Wolf or,The Overcoat of Dr. Freud: Memory and Its DiscontentsMartina Kolb

Chapter 3. Fetishism or Working Through? Concerning the Role of Dr. Freud inCity of Angels or,The Overcoat of Dr. FreudDavid Bathrick

Part II: Christa Wolf as a Writer of Time  or Christa Wolf Writing Her Times

Chapter 4. The Notion of Heimat in Christa WolfsKindheitsmusterMarijke Mulder

Chapter 5. Writing the Self: LiteraryVergegenwärtigung in Christa WolfsPatterns of Childhood andThe Overcoat of Dr. FreudMark Lauer

Chapter 6. The Heterochronic Narrative of Christa WolfHeike Polster

Chapter 7. Subjective Authenticity as RealismRobert Blankenship

Part III: Christa Wolf in the Public Sphere

Chapter 8. To Be Recognized Again: Memory, Amnesia, and Integrity in Christa WolfChristine Kanz

Chapter 9. Was bleibt aber, stiften die Dichter: Christa Wolfs Contested Role as Spokesperson for Generations of Readers and Women WritersJanine Ludwig

Chapter 10. "This is no longer my world: The Multiple Alienations of Christa WolfDaniele Colombo

Part IV: Illness, Anxiety, and Trauma

Chapter 11. To Follow the Trail of Pain: Coming to Terms with the Past in Christa WolfsIn the FleshDeborah Janson

Chapter 12. Deliberating the ängstliche Margarete: Anxiety in Christa WolfsCity of Angels or,The Overcoat of Dr. FreudIvett Guntersdorfer

Chapter 13. Coming Full Circle: Trauma, Empathy and Writing in Change of Perspective (Blickwechsel) and AugustFriederike Eigler

Part V: Christa Wolf and the Visual Arts

Chapter 14. A Womans Voice on Screen: Christa Wolf and the CinemaBarton Byg

Chapter 15. Women at the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown: The Berlin Wall and the Collapse of Female Consciousness inDivided Heaven andGood Bye Lenin!Susanne Rinner

Chapter 16. The Impact of Christa WolfsKassandra on Women Artists in East GermanyApril Eisman