Remaining Relevant after Communism The Role of the Writer in Eastern Europe

Name: Remaining Relevant after Communism The Role of the Writer in Eastern Europe
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ISBN: 9780226867663

ISBN-10: 0226867668

ISBN-13: 9780226867663

Edition: 2005

Authors: Andrew Baruch Wachtel

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More than any other art form, literature defined Eastern Europe as a cultural and political entity in the second half of the twentieth century. Although often persecuted by the state, East European writers formed what was frequently recognized to be a "second government," and their voices were heard and revered inside and outside the borders of their countries. This study by one of our most influential specialists on Eastern Europe considers the effects of the end of communism on such writers. According to Andrew Baruch Wachtel, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the creation of fledgling societies in Eastern Europe brought an end to the conditions that put the region's writers on a…

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 2/1/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 0.63" wide x 0.91" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Writer as National Hero



1989-2000: The End of the Golden Age



Writers and Politics: Triumph, Tragedy, and Farce



Writers and Nationalism



The New Internationalism in East European Literature



Writers and Journalism



Dealing with Transition Head-On



Learning to Love Popular Fiction


Conclusion


Bibliography


Index