Written here, published there
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Written Here, Published There offers a new perspective on the role of underground literature in the Cold War and challenges us to recognize gaps in the Iron Curtain. The book identifies a transnational undertaking that reinforced détente, dialogue, and cultural transfer, and thus counterbalanced the persistent belief in Europe's irreversible division. It analyzes a cultural practice that attracted extensive attention during the Cold War but has largely been ignored in recent scholarship: tamizdat, or the unauthorized migration of underground literature across the Iron Curtain. Through this cultural practice, I offer a new reading of Cold War Europe's history . Investigating the transfer of underground literature from the 'Other Europe' to Western Europe, the United States, and back illuminates the intertwined fabrics of Cold War literary cultures. Perceiving tamizdat as both a literary and a social phenomenon, the book focuses on how individuals participated in this border-crossing activity and used secretive channels to guarantee the free flow of literature.
Title |
Written here, published there : how underground literature crossed the Iron Curtain / Friederike Kind-Kovács. |
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Publisher |
Budapest, Hungary New York, New York : Central European University Press |
Creation Date |
2014 |
Notes |
Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references and index. English |
Content |
Tamizdat in its infancy -- Tamizdat as community -- Tamizdat as border crosser -- Tamizdat as human right and discourse. |
Extent |
1 online resource (522 p.) |
Language |
English |
Copyright Date |
©2014 |
National Library system number |
997010714103805171 |
MARC RECORDS
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