| Foreword | 6 |
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| Contents | 8 |
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| Introduction | 12 |
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| Defining the GDR | 12 |
| The Intellectuals | 19 |
| Selection of Authors | 30 |
| Selection of Sources | 33 |
| Complicit Critic: Hermann Kant and the Writer as Functionary | 43 |
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| Working with the Stasi: Kant as Inoffizieller Mitarbeiter | 45 |
| Censorship and Repression: The Publication of Das Impressum | 61 |
| Criticism from Within: Kant and the Writers’ Union | 82 |
| Literary Portrayals of Intellect and Power : Das Impressum | 97 |
| Conclusion | 102 |
| Hostile Partisan: Stefan Heym and the Search for Clarity | 105 |
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| Working with the Party: Liberalisation through Negotiation | 106 |
| Censorship and Repression: 5 Tage im Juni, Biermann and Collin | 127 |
| Critical Voice: Alternative Public Forums, the Writer and the State in the Late GDR | 142 |
| Literary Portrayals of Intellect and Power : Collin | 150 |
| Conclusion | 154 |
| Uncertain Comrade: Elfriede Brüning, Loyalty, Criticism and Power | 159 |
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| Working with Party Policy: Brüning and the Critical Writers | 163 |
| Post- Censorship or Controlled Debate? The Role of Literary Journals | 168 |
| Grumblings of Discontent: Behind- the- Scenes Criticism and Public Support | 182 |
| Literature and Antifascism | 199 |
| Conclusion | 206 |
| Conclusion: Ambiguity, Fragmentation and the End of the GDR | 209 |
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| Ambiguity in Relationships with Power | 209 |
| Fragmentation and Disintegration | 215 |
| Bibliography | 220 |
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| Index of Names | 236 |
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