Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- "Schreiber, Was Siehst Du?" Processing Historical And Social Change -- Authors And Their Worlds -- The Journey Eastward: Helga Schütz' Vom Glanz Der Elbe And The Mnemonic Politics Of German Unification -- "Ob Es Sich Bei Diesem Experiment Um Eine Gescheiterte Utopie Oder Um Ein Verbrechen Gehandelt Hat": Enlightenment, Utopia, The Gdr And National Socialism In Monika Maron'S Work From Flugasche To Pawels Briefe -- Remembering The Gdr: Memory And Evasion In Autobiographical Writing From The Former Gdr -- "Gefälle In Der Landschaft"-On The Critique Of Real Existing Capitalism In Volker Braun'S Texts -- Comedic Bestseller Or Insightful Satire: Taking The Interview And Autobiography To Task In Thomas Brussig'S Helden Wie Wir -- Multiple Voices-Generational Views -- "Man Muß Jetzt Laut Schreien, Um Gehört Zu Werden": Stefan Heym, Walter Jens, Helga Königsdorf: An Intellectual Opposition? -- Everyday Stories Of Hope And Despair In Eastern Germany: Kerstin Hensel And Ingo Schulze Write About Life After The Wende -- "Ko...Ko Konolialismus," Said The Giraffe: Humorous And Satirical Responses To German Unification -- Theatrical Confrontations With The Wende And Post-Unification Germany: Strauß, Pohl, And Hein -- Cinematic Responses -- Mastering The Past And Present: Problems Of Memory In Postwar And Post-Wende German Cinema -- Ghosts Of Babelsberg: Narrative Strategies Of The Wendefilm -- German-Germanness: On Borders, Hybridity, And Sameness In Margarethe Von Trotta'S Das Versprechen -- History As Melodrama: German Division And Unification In Two Recent Films -- Sonnenallee: Taking Comedy Seriously In Unified Germany -- Notes On Contributors -- Index Of Names.