Rubin, Andrew N.

Archives of Authority

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ISBN 13:
9780691154152
author:
Rubin, Andrew N.
format:
HardBack
publisher:
Princeton University Press
language:
English
Publication Year:
2012
Pages:
184
Dimensions:
23.37 x 15.75 x 2.29 centimetres
Genre:
Fiction & Literature, Literary Criticsm, General,
Condition:
New
Availability:
Item usually sent within 10 working days
£40.35

Description

Archives of Authority: Empire, Culture and the Cold War explores how cultural politics played a crucial role in the transfer of imperial authority from Britain to the United States after World War II. Through extensive archival research, including previously unseen documents from the FBI and CIA, Andrew Rubin argues that America's patronage of the arts was a key factor in this shift. This patronage reshaped the postwar literary landscape, transforming the way writers communicated and their roles within it. Rubin examines how new technologies like radio and rapidly circulated journals enabled the rapid translation and dissemination of texts by prominent authors, including those associated with the CIA's Congress for Cultural Freedom. This process created a new canon of world literature that was celebrated in the United States, while less politically attractive authors were ignored or demonized.

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