Nonconformists - American and Czech Writers Across the Iron Curtain

The Cold War was an era of surprising connections between American and Czech literary cultures. Major writers met behind the Iron Curtain, while others smuggled, translated, and adapted works from the other side. Brian K. Goodman explores the artistic and political consequences, arguing that the movement of literature inspired new forms of dissent.

About the author

Brian K. Goodman specializes in American studies, literature and human rights, and dissident cultures and has written for the Los Angeles Review of Books and Public Books. He is Assistant Professor of English at Arizona State University, where he is a Faculty Affiliate at the Center for Jewish Studies and the Melikian Center for Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies.

Summary

The Cold War was an era of surprising connections between American and Czech literary cultures. Major writers met behind the Iron Curtain, while others smuggled, translated, and adapted works from the other side. Brian K. Goodman explores the artistic and political consequences, arguing that the movement of literature inspired new forms of dissent.

Product details

• Authors: Brian K Goodman, Brian K. Goodman
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.06.2023
• EAN: 9780674983373
• ISBN: 978-0-674-98337-3
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, European History, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), HISTORY / Europe / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, History of the Americas, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Biography: writers