Fractured Frontiers - The Exile Writing of Nazi Germany and Francoist Spain

A comparative study of "inner" and "territorial" forms of literary exile under Nazism and Francoism, proposing an integrative model of exile that emphasizes common approaches and themes rather than division.

List of contents

Introduction
Part I. Overarching Issues
Cultural Contexts
Exile: The Temptation of the Trope
Part II. The Uses of History
German Historical Narratives in Inner and Territorial Exile
Historical Uses of Myth in 1940s Spanish Poetry
Part III. A Complicated Return
Blurring of the Lines: The Complexities of Return to Germany
Destiempo: The Challenges of a Long Return in the Spanish Context
Conclusion

About the author

Mónica Jato, John Klapper

Summary

A comparative study of "inner" and "territorial" forms of literary exile under Nazism and Francoism, proposing an integrative model of exile that emphasizes common approaches and themes rather than division.

Product details

• Authors: Monica Jato, Mónica Jato, John Klapper
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781640140516
• ISBN: 978-1-64014-051-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 576 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Deutsch, Deutschland, Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, HISTORY / Europe / Germany, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German, Literature - Classics / Criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Spanish & Portuguese