Assignment on Literature of the Spanish Civil War

Read

• Langston Hughes, "Spanish Civil War mats, fm GMRev.pdf" (that is, Spanish Civil War materials, from the collection of Hughes' un-republished works, the book Good Morning, Revolution!). - in Files, Canvas.
• Barrie Stavis, "Barcelona Horror", from New Masses March 29, 1938. In Files, Canvas.
• Ernest Hemingway, "On The American Dead In Spain", from New Masses February 14, 1939.

For historical background read

• this brief summary history from the page of the Archives of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade (ALB). The ALB were the American volunteers who went to Spain to fight on the side of the Spanish Republic.
• this interview with Helen Graham, one of the two or three world-class, objective, excellent authorities on the history of the Spanish Civil War.
• this Timeline should also be helpful.

I have done some research on the Spanish Civil War. Here is the shorter version of an essay of mine about Oliver Law. Who was he? Read the essay and you'll see.

Write 350 words, or a little more, about the meaning of the Spanish Civil War for those men and women deeply involved in social protest, and in writing social protest literature, in the USA.

Email to me and to your group.