I. The Struggle against Tyranny: 1959-1960

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. ABBREVIATIONS xi
4. PREFACE xiii
5. Part One. The Cuban Novel of the Revolution
6. I. The Struggle against Tyranny: 1959-1960 1
7. II. Exorcism and Existentialism: 1961-1965 9
8. III. Epos, Experimentation, and Escapism: 1966-1970 39
9. IV. The Ideological Novel: 1971- 111
10. Part Two. Literature and Revolution
11. I. Changing Government Attitude toward the Arts 123
12. II. Literature and Revolution in Historical Perspective: France, Mexico, the Soviet Union, China, Vietnam 156
13. Part Three. The Cuban Short Story of the Revolution: An Anthological Survey and More
14. Introduction 165
15. I. The Struggle against Tyranny: Cabrera Infante 170
16. II. Exorcism and Existentialism: Calvert Casey and Humberto Arenal 174
17. III. Epos, Experimentation, and Escapism: Antonio Benitez Rojo 180
18. IV. The Generation of i960: Jesus Diaz Rodriguez, Norberto Fuentes, et al. 195
19. V. The Ideological Story: Noel Navarro 210
20. Part Four. Antirevolutionary Prose Fiction
21. I. The Novel 215
22. II. The Short Story 234
23. Part Five. Foreign Prose Fiction of the Cuban Revolution
24. Introduction 247
25. I. The Struggle against Tyranny 249
26. II. Binational Contrasts 255
27. III. Antirevolutionary Novels 264
28. IV. Prorevolutionary Miscellany 269
29. Twelve Conclusions 273
30. Chronology of Novels and Short Stories 277
31. Bibliography 287
32. Index 319