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050 00 $aPN849.E9$bW33 2006
082 00 $a891.7/009$222
100 1 $aWachtel, Andrew.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88263361
245 10 $aRemaining relevant after communism :$bthe role of the writer in Eastern Europe /$cAndrew Baruch Wachtel.
260 $aChicago :$bUniversity of Chicago Press,$c2006.
300 $aviii, 233 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [221]-227) and index.
505 00 $gCh. 1.$tThe writer as national hero --$gCh. 2.$t1989-2000 : the end of the golden age --$gCh. 3.$tWriters and politics : triumph, tragedy, and farce --$gCh. 4.$tWriters and nationalism --$gCh. 5.$tThe new internationalism in East European literature --$gCh. 6.$tWriters and journalism --$gCh. 7.$tDealing with transition head-on --$gCh. 8.$tLearning to love popular fiction.
520 1 $a"More than any other art form, literature defined Eastern Europe as a cultural and political entity in the second half of the twentieth century. Although often persecuted by the state, East European writers formed what was frequently recognized to be a "second government," and their voices were heard and revered inside and outside the borders of their countries. This study by one of our most influential specialists on Eastern Europe considers the effects of the end of communism on such writers." "According to Andrew Baruch Wachtel, the fall of the Berlin wall and the creation of fledgling democracies in Eastern Europe brought an end to the conditions that helped put writers on a pedestal there. In the aftermath of 1989, writers were liberated from the burden of grandiose political expectations. But no group is happy to lose its influence: despite recognizing that their exalted social position was related to their reputation for challenging political oppression, such writers have worked hard to retain their status, inventing a series of new strategies for this purpose. Remaining Relevant after Communism considers the gamut of these strategies - from pulp fiction to public service - documenting what has happened on the East European scene since 1989."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aEast European literature$xHistory and criticism.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008118554
650 0 $aLiterature and society$zEurope, Eastern.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0510/2005009972.html
852 00 $bleh$hPN849.E9$iW33 2006
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