230 Pages
by
Routledge
230 Pages
by
Routledge
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Between 1940 and 1965, Spain was almost entirely cut off from the intellectual life of western Europe. Within Spain itself, opposition writers believed that a committed literature could take over the role of the press in a democratic society, dealing with daily realities and social issues as well as with political questions. This was the background to the emergence in the 1950s of the novela... Read more
1. Progress or process? 2. Writing and opposition 3. A movement in the making 4. Commitment, neo-realism, and practices 5. Paths taken and not taken Conclusion
Biography
Barry Jordan
Review of the first publication:
‘This is a well-argued, thoughtful reexamination of the forces behind the novela social of 1950s Spain… Clearly written and persuasively argued, Writing and Politics in Franco's Spain, by offering a refreshing reexamination of old critical assumptions, firmly places the novela social in its multiple and conflictive socio-historic contexts.’
— Noël Valis, University of Michigan
