Global Cold War literature : western, eastern and postcolonial perspectives / edited by Andrew Hammond.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hammond, Andrew, 1967-

Series:

Routledge studies in twentieth-century literature ; 22.

Routledge studies in twentieth-century literature ; 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature, Modern--20th century--History and criticism.

Literature, Modern.

Cold War in literature.

Cold War (1945-1989) in literature.

Politics and literature.

Physical Description:

viii, 246 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2012.

Contents:

1 Anti-Communism on the American Stage / Brenda Murphy Murphy, Brenda 17

2 Factography and Cold War Ideology in the Cuban Detective Novel / Ignacio López-Clvo López-Clvo, Ignacio 30

3 Cross-Border Representation in South and North Korean Literatures of the Cold War Period / Joanna Elfving-Hwang Elfving-Hwang, Joanna 43

4 Endangered Nation: The Literature of Soviet-Occupied Afghanistan / Wali Ahmadi Ahmadi, Wali 58

5 Hiroshima, or Peace in a 'City of Cruelty and Bitter Bad Faith': Japanese Poetry in the Cold War / Ann Sherif Sherif, Ann 72

6 Reflections of the Cold War in Modern Persian Literature, 1945-1979 / Nasrin Rahimieh Rahimieh, Nasrin 87

7 The 'Boom' Novel and the Cold War in Latin America / Neil Larsen Larsen, Neil 100

8 Contested Nationalisms and Socialisms: The Role of Theatre in Seeking Liberation for and between Ethiopia and Eritrea / Jane Plastow Plastow, Jane 113

9 'With Friends Like These ...': Soviet Travel Writing about Czechoslovakia during the Khrushchev Era / Margarita Marinova Marinova, Margarita 128

10 Russian and American Satirists and the Exposure of Cold War Fictionalities / Derek C. Maus Maus, Derek C. 141

11 Cold War Protest in East and West German Political Song / David Robb Robb, David 156

12 Chinese Women's Autobiographical Practice in the Early Post-Mao Era / Lingzhen Wang Wang, Lingzhen 171

13 A Corneillian Cold War: Mainstream French Political Drama of the 1950s / Jamie Andrews Andrews, Jamie 184

14 East-Central Europe and the Search for a Literature of the 'Third Way' / Marcel Cornise-Pope Cornise-Pope, Marcel 199.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415885416

0415885418

9780203147726

0203147723

OCLC:

654317004