Tradition, Literature and Politics in East-Central Europe

This book focuses on the interface between tradition, literature and politics in East-Central Europe. It explores literary tradition and the role of writers to ask why left-liberals, have often been marginalised, often reviled and are almost entirely absent from political debate.

Introduction: Shadows, Spooks and Unfinished Business 1. Kundera's 'Kidnap' Revisited 2. Polish Writers & Tradition - Partition and Independence 3. Polish Writers and Tradition - Nazism and Communism 4. Hungarian Writers In Transition 5. Poland Translated - Post-Communist Writing 6. Lustration - The Polish Experience 7. The Return To Europe, The End Of History and The Rise Of Illiberal Democracy