The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature and Politics by Christos Hadjiyiannis

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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.

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The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature and Politics by Christos Hadjiyiannis

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.
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).
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ISBN 13 9781108814195
ISBN 10 1108814190
Title The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature and Politics
Author Christos Hadjiyiannis
Series Cambridge Companions To Literature
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Year published 2022-12-15
Number of pages 350
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