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
Zaungäste
Not Dark Yet: The 68ers at 70
Romantic Relapse or Modern Myth?
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
INGO CORNILS is Professor of German Studies at the University of Leeds.
[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.
*LINKS*
[A]n illuminating meta-history, not so much about 1968 as about the
representation and mythologization of it.
*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.
*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.
*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 . . . .
*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*
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