Peter Hacks, Heiner Mller Und Das Antagonistische Drama Des Sozialismus

The dispute between Peter Hacks and Heiner Müller is among the most important battles in East German literature. Starting from basic considerations on the literary world of East Germany and based on detailed analyses of published plays and sketches from their legacies, the study offers the first ever comprehensive picture of the aesthetic controversy between these two most famous East German dramatists.