Literature and fascism in Italy, pt. 4
A pursuit of self-knowledge confronts the brute reality of the First World War
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Holdings 1:3
The dictator novel, some things old, some things new
Salidas, Laforet edition
Laforet traces the contours of a coming-of-age tale in a tough world, and it’s a bleak vision
Bloc experiments, Zacharias Lichter edition
Călinescu’s biography of a madman offers a subtle rebuke to the politics of its time, and a thoughtful reflection on the nature of literature
Fictions of authority: The dictator novel
In this first set of readings centered on the expression and critique of political authority, we’ll dive into the Latin American dictator novel
Holdings 1:2
Emar, Carrington, The Book Hold on Bookshop, and more
Bloc experiments: The syllabus
A four-part tour of experimental fiction out of Eastern Europe, from the 1920s to the present.
Salidas: Departures from the real
A collection of works to consider the legacy of realism and its discontents in Spain, from 1940 to the present
Apocalypse and self-renewal in a Leonora Carrington novel
Maybe the end of the world is a better world for some. Maybe a world that must end in order to be better for some is a bad world.
Love and transitions in Emar
Beneath the veneer of strangeness, Emar’s novel is also a love story.