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Central European University Press
Through a series of interviews with prominent Romanian literary figures and a select presentation of their writings, Lidia Vianu asks how, under communism, did Romanian writers cope with constant ideological shifts and, in turn, respond to the censorship that so often accompanied such changes? Now that Romania has emerged from almost fifty years of Communist rule, what is the current status of... Read more
Preface, George Macovescu The Odyssey of a Volume Maria Banus No Ideal in the World Could Justify It Poetry Ion Negoitescu The Freedom of Expression Is the Salt of Culture Vera Calin Romania Is Not Yet Out of Chaos Stefan Augustin Doinas Censorship Distorted Consciences Poetry Nina Cassian I Dream of Belonging to the Global Culture Poetry Petre Ghelmez Censorship Is a Tension Poetry Eugen Simion The Romanian Literary Critic Still Cherishes Utopias Matei Calinescu The Intellectual Scar Ion Vianu The Trap of History Dumitru Radu Popescu Burdened with the Censorship of Freedom Marin Sorescu This Age Belongs to Primitive Energies Poetry Ileana Malancioin The Only Obstacle Was Myself Poetry Virgil Nemoianu Break of Contact with Reality Mircea Martin Pact with Censorship Mihai Ursachi What Future Do We Expect for Mankind? Poetry Ana Blandiana Nobody Exists in Vain Poetry Nicolae Prelipceanu Censorship-The Wooden Shoe Poetry Lucia Negoita To Save Our Souls Adriana Bittel Evil Sieve Prose Dan Verona The Nightmare Poetry Mircea Dinescu The Revolution Must Take Place in Their Minds Poetry Daniela Crasnaru Recuperating Our Freedom Poetry Denisa Comanescu Our Father Only at Home Poetry Florin Bican Language behind Gilded Bars Simona Popescu, The Black Holes,Index
Biography
Lidia Vianu is Associate Professor at Bucharest University, teaching courses in contemporary American and British literature.
