Painting the town red : politics and the arts during the 1919 Hungarian Soviet Republic / Bob Dent.

The intensely political cultural production that erupted during Hungary's short-lived Soviet Republic of 1919 encompassed music, art, literature, film and theatre. 'Painting the Town Red' is the little-known history of these developments. The book opens with an overview of the politic...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: DENT, BOB
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : PLUTO Press, 2018.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The political and historical context
  • Budapest turns Red
  • Poster power
  • Art for the people
  • Cultural polemics
  • The silent screen talks politics
  • Opening up the auditoriums
  • Music for all
  • The pen goes to battle
  • Why?
  • What went wrong?
  • Postscript: What happened to them?