Table of Contents

Introduction Heroes and Martyrs Chroniclers and Interpreters Critics and Renegades Talespinners and Poets Women of the Revolution "1968" and the Media "1968" and the Arts Zaungaste Not Dark Yet: The 68ers at 70 Romantic Relapse or Modern Myth? Conclusion Notes Bibliography

About the Author

INGO CORNILS is Professor of German Studies at the University of Leeds.

Reviews

[V]ery important and useful . . . . Cornils analyses the 'successful failure' of the student revolt in Germany and the cultural construction of its myth in . . . all its components. -- Mauro Ponzi * LINKS *
[A]n illuminating meta-history, not so much about 1968 as about the representation and mythologization of it. -- Hans Kundnani * TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT *
[I]ndispensable to anyone seeking to understand why '1968' is still written about and why it still matters so much in Germany. -- Joachim Whaley * JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN STUDIES *
[M]eticulously researched and captivatingly narrated. . . . It is especially in the[] discursive shifts [that he describes and analyzes] -[which] concur with the shifts in German politics of memory in general - that the decisive benefit of Cornils' analysis appears. -- Ivana Perica * THEORY & EVENT *
[A] meticulously researched and well executed analysis of the never-ending story of 1968, which draws on memory studies and expands on it. [Cornils's] comprehensive study is indispensable to everyone interested in understanding the meaning of the student movement in and for Germany . . . . -- Sabine von Dirke * GERMAN STUDIES REVIEW *
The author has mastered the extensive literature and produced an engaging account of one of West Germany's most critical postwar periods. Highly recommended. * CHOICE *
Cornils's impressive collection of materials that engage with 1968 mirrors the breathlessness of the events and the wide range of their interpretations and appropriations. * GERMAN QUARTERLY *
[E]xcellent . . . . The significance of Cornils's work is . . . its releasing '1968' from history, handing it over to the present. . . . [F]ills a major gap . . . . * MODERN LANGUAGE REVIEW *
[T]his volume . . . confirms the status of the author as a leading British-based expert in the area. . . . Cornils [writes] with infectious enthusiasm on a subject close to his heart. . . . [A] knowledgeable and readable book . . . . * JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN STUDIES *