History and Legend : Writing the International Brigades
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
070831774X
ISBN-13
9780708317747
Publisher
University of Wales Press
Imprint
University of Wales Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 19th, 2002
Print length
304 Pages
Weight
588 grams
Dimensions
14.70 x 22.40 x 2.50 cms
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"History and Legend" examines how republican Spain during the Spanish Civil War was created as a political and cultural construct, synonymous with Popular Front anti-fascism and positively aligned with artistic production.
"Serving as a major new interpretation of the historical, political, and cultural legacy of the International Brigades, this book dissents from the orthodox interpretation of this period in history. Questioned are the role of artists and intellectuals in the Spanish Civil War, the basis of the RepublicÆs claim to spiritual superiority, and the assumptions behind the notion that art and the good cause are necessarily synonymous. Argued is the notion that the civil war can be seen as the climax of the struggle between the claims of culture and art for autonomy and even for supremacy and the demands of political commitment. This conflict is traced through the reactions of figures such as W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender, George Orwell, and Benjamin Britten, among others."
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