The ‘Second World’ in Contemporary British Writing

The thirteen contributions to this collection all explore or exemplify the ongoing British interest in the socialist world before 1990. In autobiography, fiction, film, history, and lexicography, these chapters show how contemporary Britain is engaging with the past project to build socialism in Eur...

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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1638892025-08-06T05:13:19Z The ‘Second World’ in Contemporary British Writing Wells, Andrew Berndt, Katrin Narrative Prose Contemporary Literature British Literature Nostalgia Utopia Great Britain Cold War Espionage Central Eastern Europe European History Surveillance 20th Century thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSK Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MP 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999::3MPQ Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999 thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBH Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history The thirteen contributions to this collection all explore or exemplify the ongoing British interest in the socialist world before 1990. In autobiography, fiction, film, history, and lexicography, these chapters show how contemporary Britain is engaging with the past project to build socialism in Europe, and what this means for the present and the future of our continent. Contributions come from a wide range of disciplinary and geographical backgrounds, and the volume is further enriched by a short story especially written for this book and by an in-depth interview with the author of a recent popular history of the GDR. Together, these chapters offer a unique perspective into contemporary British writing on the ‘second world’ and the enduring fascination with the failures of futures past. 2025-08-06T05:13:18Z 2025-08-06T05:13:18Z 2025-08-05T14:21:43Z 2024 book ONIX_20250805T161025_9783737017572_83 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/105075 9783737017572 9783847117575 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/163889 eng Representations & Reflections open access image/jpeg n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/105075/1/9783737017572.pdf Brill V&R unipress 10.14220/9783737017572 10.14220/9783737017572 33fecb33-e7c4-4fc8-96b0-7ba2fccafba9 9783737017572 9783847117575 V&R unipress 253 Göttingen open access
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The ‘Second World’ in Contemporary British Writing
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title_full The ‘Second World’ in Contemporary British Writing
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Contemporary Literature
British Literature
Nostalgia
Utopia
Great Britain
Cold War
Espionage
Central Eastern Europe
European History
Surveillance
20th Century
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Contemporary Literature
British Literature
Nostalgia
Utopia
Great Britain
Cold War
Espionage
Central Eastern Europe
European History
Surveillance
20th Century
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