Written in Red: The Communist Memoir in Spain Contributor(s): Herrmann, Gina (Author) |
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ISBN: 0252034694 ISBN-13: 9780252034695 Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Binding Type: Hardcover Published: December 2009 Annotation: The first major study of the profound impact of international communist politics and culture on Spanish letters Click for more in this series: Hispanisms (University of Illinois) |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Spain & Portugal - History | Modern - 20th Century - Literary Criticism | European - Spanish & Portuguese |
Dewey: 860.935 |
LCCN: 2009001017 |
Series: Hispanisms (University of Illinois) |
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.3" W x 9" L (1.15 lbs) 272 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents |
Review Citations: Chronicle of Higher Education 02/05/2010 pg. 17 Choice 07/01/2010 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In this book, Gina Herrmann looks at the memoirs of six Spanish Communist writers to reveal the fascinating and often painful evolution of their politics from the beginning of the war through their long years of exile. While Spanish Communist authors initially shaped their identities and autobiographies along the lines of Soviet models, Herrmann shows how, with the recognition of Stalinism's betrayal of the Communist ideal, the writers increasingly came to experience those models as straitjackets unfit to contain the stories of their rich and difficult lives. The six writers studied--Dolores Ib rruri, Mar a Teresa L on, Rafael Alberti, Jorge Sempr n, and Teresa and Tom s P mies--devoted their lives to the cause of the revolution. Though they have told their separate stories, this book is the first to gather, compare, and interpret them within their historical and intellectual context and from a comparative perspective that takes into account recent developments in Soviet studies. |
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