Perceptions and Perspectives

ContentsAcknowledgements ....................................................................................... ............ vii

DEIRDRE BYRNES, JEAN E. CONACHER, GISELA HOLFTER
Perceptions and Perspectives:
Exploring Connections Between Ireland and the GDR. Introduction ... .... 1

Section I: Essays

GISELA HOLFTER
On Ireland in the GDR - and the GDR in Ireland .................................... ......... 11

FELIX MORGENSTERN
Die Rolle irischer Folkmusik im Rahmen des
DDR-Folkrevivals (1976-1990): Von der klanglich-reflexiven
zur inhaltlich-restaurativen Nostalgie eines Ersatz-Genres ............ ................ 37

MICHAELA SCHRAGE-FRÜH
"Struck by Ireland-Fever": Hugo Hamilton's Berlin Trilogy ..................... ........ 57

JOACHIM FISCHER
The GDR through Irish Eyes: Nationalism and Patriotism
in Kevin Brophy's East German Novels ....................................................... ......... 73

DEIRDRE BYRNES
Reading Seán O'Casey in the GDR ............................................................... ......... 87

FERGAL LENEHAN
Elizabeth Shaw from a Transnational Perspective:
The Intercultural Self, Propaganda and Shaw's Representation
in the GDR Print Media ..................................................................................... ....... 103

DEREK SCALLY
From Nylon to Dederon - The Interwoven Fabric
of the Irish-GDR Past ............................................................................................. ... 123

Section II: Personal Reflections

HUGO HAMILTON
The Slow Moment ..................................................................................................... 139

JENNY WILLIAMS
Crossing Borders: A Personal Reflection on Relations
between Ireland and the German Democratic Republic ............................... 143

MARY ROSE CURTIS
Remembering an Ireland-GDR Friendship Society Trip to the GDR ............ 151

REINHARD SIEGMUND-SCHULTZE
Meine Mutter Dorothea