Glasnost in Context

This truly unique volume brings together theoretical discussions of liberalizations with studies focused on literature, theatre and the visual arts.

Brings together theoretical discussions of liberalizations with studies focused on literature, theatre and the visual arts. This book contains an analysis of developments in selected Eastern European regions, along with a historical dimension through discussions of the alternation of liberalization and repression in authoritarian European states.This truly unique volume brings together theoretical discussions of liberalizations with studies focused on literature, theatre and the visual arts. To the analysis of developments in selected Eastern European regions is added a historical dimension through discussions of the alternation of liberalization and repression in authoritarian European states from the eighteenth century onwards.