The 'Second World' in Contemporary British Writing
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ArtikelSerie: Utgivningsinformation: Göttingen Brill V&R unipress [Imprint] 2024Beskrivning: 1 electronic resource (253 p.)Innehållstyp: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9783737017572
- 9783847117575
- Time period qualifiers
- c 1500 onwards to present day
- 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999
- Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999
- Biography, Literature and Literary studies
- Literature: history and criticism
- Literary studies: general
- Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
- Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers
- History and Archaeology
- History
- History: specific events and topics
- Social and cultural history
- 20th Century
- British Literature
- Central Eastern Europe
- Cold War
- Contemporary Literature
- Espionage
- European History
- Great Britain
- Narrative Prose
- Nostalgia
- Surveillance
- Utopia
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The thirteen contributions to this collection all explore or exemplify the ongoing British interest in the socialist world before 1990. In autobiography, fiction, film, history, and lexicography, these chapters show how contemporary Britain is engaging with the past project to build socialism in Europe, and what this means for the present and the future of our continent. Contributions come from a wide range of disciplinary and geographical backgrounds, and the volume is further enriched by a short story especially written for this book and by an in-depth interview with the author of a recent popular history of the GDR. Together, these chapters offer a unique perspective into contemporary British writing on the 'second world' and the enduring fascination with the failures of futures past.
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