Published in 1994 by
Berghahn Books

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© Michael Hanne

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Hanne, Michael.

The power of the story: fiction and political change / Michael Hanne.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Narrative and power -- Ivan Turgenev : A sportsman's notebook
( 1852) -- Harriet Beecher Stowe : Uncle Tom's cabin ( 1852) -- Ignazio Silone:
Fontamara ( 1933) -- Alexander Solzhenitsyn : One day in the life of Ivan
Denisovich ( 1962) -- Salman Rushdie : The satanic verses ( 1988).

ISBN 1-57181-019-6

1. Fiction-- 19th century--History and criticism. 2. Fiction--20th century--
History and criticism. 3. Political fiction--History and criticism. I. Title.

PN3499.H28 1994 94-36032

809.3'9358--dc20 CIP

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

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the British Library.

Printed in the United States.

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