Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature and Politics

This book explores literature's direct relationship to politics, offering new ways of thinking about the troubled relationship between literature and politics.

List of contents

Introduction: Christos Hadjiyiannis and Rachel Potter; Part I. 1900-1945: Ideas and Governance: 1. Liberalism Christos Hadjiyiannis; 2. Communism Matthew Taunton; 3. Fascism Charles Ferrall and Dougal McNeill; 4. Suffragism Clara Jones; 5. Pacifism Bárbara Gallego Larrarte; Part II. 1945-1989: New Nations and New Frontiers: 6. Partitions Anindya Raychaudhuri; 7. Federalism Ryan Weberling; 8. Cold War Rachel Potter; 9. Irish Nationalism Emer Nolan; 10. Black Nationalism GerShun Avilez; 11. Caribbean Nationalisms Alison Donnell; 12. African Nationalisms Donna V. Jones; 13. Apartheid Corinne Sandwith; Part III. 1989-2000: Rights and Activisms: 14. Women's Rights Rachele Dini; 15. Sexual Rights Jo Winning; 16. Indigenous Rights Christina Turner; 17. Environmental Rights Jos Smith; 18. Neoliberalism Peter Boxall.

About the author

Christos Hadjiyiannis has written widely on modern literature and art, including on the avant-garde, fascist literature/politics, Julia Kristeva, Djuna Barnes, and the afterlives of Byzantium in modern British and North American literature. He is the author of Conservative Modernists: Literature and Tory Politics in Britain, 1900–1920 (CUP, 2008).Rachel Potter writes on modernist literature and culture. Her work has focused on literature, censorship, free expression and writers' organisations. Her books include: Obscene Modernism: Literary Censorship and Experiment, 1900–1940 (OUP, 2013); The Edinburgh Guide to Modernist Literature (EUP, 2012); and Modernism and Democracy: Literary Culture, 1900-1930 (OUP, 2006).

Summary

Many twentieth-century literary writers were directly involved in political parties and causes, and many viewed their writing as part of their activism. This book explores literature's direct relationship to politics, offering new ways of thinking about the troubled relationship between literature and politics.

Product details

• Authors: Christos (University of Cyprus) Pott Hadjiyiannis
• Assisted by: Christos Hadjiyiannis (Editor), Rachel Potter (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.12.2022
• EAN: 9781108814195
• ISBN: 978-1-108-81419-5
• No. of pages: 350
• Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; History of Ideas, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, HISTORY / Social History, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Politics & government, Politics and government, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Literary theory, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: postcolonial literature