Soldiers on the Cultural Front: Developments in the Early History of North Korean Literature and Literary Policy

by Tatiana Gabroussenko

An understanding of contemporary North Korea's literature is virtually impossible without an investigation of its formative period, 1945-1960, which saw a gradual transformation from the initial "Soviet era" to a Korean version of "national Stalinism." This turbulent epoch established a long-lasting framework for North Korean literature and set up an elaborate system of political control over literary matters, as well as over the people who served...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824833961
• ISBN13: 9780824833961
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"