The Long Aftermath: Cultural Legacies of Europe at War, 1936-2016 (Contemporary European History, 17)

In its totality, the “Long Second World War”—extending from the beginning of the Spanish Civil War to the end of hostilities in 1945—has exerted enormous influence over European culture. Bringing together leading historians, sociologists, and literary and film scholars, this broadly interdisciplinary volume investigates Europeans’ individual and collective memories and the ways in which they have shaped the continent’s cultural heritage. Focusing on the major combatant nations—Spain, Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Poland, and Russia—it offers thoroughly contextualized explorations of novels, memoirs, films, and a host of other cultural forms to illuminate European public memory. Foreword: Between world wars : remembering war in Europe before 1945 / Richard Overy Introduction: The long aftermath of the long Second World War / Manuel Bragança and Peter Tame Part 1. Spain Violence and the history and memory of the Spanish Civil War : beyond the crisis of inherited narrative frameworks / Pablo Sánchez León Poetry and silence in post-civil war Spain : Carmen Conde, Lucía Sánchez Saornil and Pilar de Valderrama / Jean Andrews On civil-war memory in Spanish women's narratives : the example of Cristina Fernández Cubas' Cosas que ja no existen / Alison Ribeiro de Menezes Part 2. The United Kingdom Narrating Britain's war : a "four nations and more" approach to the People's War / Daniel Travers and Paul Ward "Don't let's be beastly to the Germans" : the representation of Germans in British Second World War films / Robert Murphy Memory and nation in British narratives of the Second World War after 1945 / Mark Rawlinson Part 3. France A capital problem : the town of Vichy, the Second World War, and the politics of identity / Kirrily Freeman Tracking the past in the places and spaces of Patrick Modiano's early fiction / Peter Tame Vercors and the Second World War / Cristina Solé-Castells Part 4. Germany Reconstructing D-Day memory : how contemporary politics made Germans victims of the war / Harold J. Goldberg Memories of World War II in German film after 1945 / Christiane Schönfeld Ilse Aichinger's novel The greater hope : poetic narrative to deal with trauma / Marko Pajević Part 5. Italy Victimhood asserted : Italian memories of World War II / Richard J.B. Bosworth Re-picturing the myth : American characters in post-war Italian cinema / Daniela Treveri Gennari Italian Resistance writing in the years of the "Second Republic" / Philip Cooke Part 6. Poland The Second World War in present-day Polish memory and politics / Andrzej Paczkowski Wounded memory, rhetorical strategies used in public discourse on the Katynʹ Massacre / Urszula Jarecka The Second World War in recent Polish counterfactual and alternative (hi)stories / Marzena Sokołowska-Paryż Part 7. USSR/Russia History politics and the changing meaning of Victory Day in contemporary Russia / Markku Kangaspuro War and patriotism : Russian war films and the lessons for today / David Gillespie Russian fiction at war / Greg Carleton Afterword: Memories of war : from the sacred to the secular / Jay Winter. Contents Illustrations Acknowledgements Foreword. Between World Wars: Remembering War in Europe before 1945 Introduction: The Long Aftermath of the Long Second World War Part I Spain Chapter 1 Violence and the History and Memory of the Spanish Civil War: Beyond the Crisis of Inherited Narrative Frameworks Chapter 2 Poetry and Silence in Post-Civil-War Spain: Carmen Conde, Lucía Sánchez Saornil and Pilar de Valderrama Chapter 3 On Civil-War Memory in Spanish Women’s Narratives: The Example of Cristina Fernández Cubas’ Cosas que ya no existen Part II The United Kingdom Chapter 4 Narrating Britain’s War: A ‘Four Nations and More’ Approach to the People’s War Chapter 5 ‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ The Representation of Germans in British Second World War Films Chapter 6 Memory and Nation in British Narratives of the Second World War after 1945 Part III France Chapter 7 A Capital Problem: The Town of Vichy, the Second World War and the Politics of Identity Chapter 8 Tracking the Past in the Places and Spaces of Patrick Modiano’s Early Fiction Chapter 9 Vercors and the Second World War Part IV Germany Chapter 10 Reconstructing D-Day Memory: How Contemporary Politics Made Germans Victims of the War Chapter 11 Memories of World War II in German Film after 1945 Chapter 12 Ilse Aichinger’s Novel The Greater Hope: Poetic Narrative to Deal with Trauma Part V Italy Chapter 13 Victimhood Asserted: Italian Memories of the Second World War Chapter 14 Re-picturing the Myth: American Characters in Post-war Popular Italian Cinema Chapter 15 Italian Resistance Writing in the Years of the ‘Second Republic’ Part VI Poland Chapter 16 The Second World War in Present-Day Polish Memory and Politics Chapter 17 Wounded Memory: Rhetorical Strategies Used in Public Discourse on the Katyń Massacre Chapter 18 The Second World War in Recent Polish Counterfactual and Alternative (Hi)stories Part VII USSR/Russia Chapter 19 History Politics and the Changing Meaning of Victory Day in Contemporary Russia Chapter 20 War and Patriotism: Russian War Films and the Lessons for Today Chapter 21 Russian Fiction at War Afterword: Memories of War: From the Sacred to the Secular Index Scope and content: "This volume explores the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War in Europe through the cultural artifacts of the times, beginning in 1936. Cultural artifacts include literature, poetry, and cinema"--Provided by publisher