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The Spanish Cockpit

Summary

The Spanish Cockpit is a personal account of the Spanish Civil War written by Franz Borkenau and published in late 1937. It was based on his two wartime visits to Spain in August 1936 and January 1937, visiting Barcelona, Madrid, Toledo, Valencia, and the Aragon and Andalusia fronts. The book brought Borkenau international fame.[1] After writing a positive review of the book, describing the book as the best on the civil war, George Orwell became a personal friend of the author's and the two remained politically close.[1][2]

The Spanish Cockpit
AuthorFranz Borkenau
SubjectNon-fiction
PublisherFaber and Faber
Publication date
July 1937
Pages303
OCLC3191955

References edit

  1. ^ a b Kessler 2011, p. 99.
  2. ^ Smith, David N. (June 25, 2018). "The Political George Orwell". Jacobin. Retrieved June 21, 2020.

Bibliography edit

  • Kessler, Mario (2011). "Between Communism and Anti-Communism: Franz Borkenau". In Fair-Schulz, Axel; Kessler, Mario (eds.). German Scholars in Exile: New Studies in Intellectual History. Lexington Books. pp. 93–120. ISBN 978-0-7391-5048-1.

Further reading edit

  • Atkinson, William C. (October 1937). "Rev. of The Spanish Cockpit". Bulletin of Spanish Studies. 14 (56): 211–213. ProQuest 1310525621.
  • Brien, Alan (August 1, 1986). "Beyond Good and Evil". New Statesman. p. 28.
  • Carter, W. Horsfall (May 1938). "Review of Il Problema Coloniale Italiano alla Conferenza Della Pace; The Spanish Cockpit". International Affairs. 17 (3): 452–453. doi:10.2307/3019219. ISSN 0020-5850. JSTOR 3019219. ProQuest 1309916087.
  • Clarke, Oscar (July 27, 2019). "The Spanish Cockpit: An Introduction to Orwell's Spain". The Orwell Society. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  • "Empire and Defence". Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art (4271): 102–104. August 14, 1937. ISSN 0950-9852. ProQuest 9617699.
  • McEachran, F. (January 1938). "Rev. of The Spanish Cockpit". The Criterion. 17 (67): 348. ProQuest 1293647132.
  • Orwell, George (July 31, 1937). "Spanish Nightmare (Rev. of The Spanish Cockpit and Volunteer in Spain)". Time and Tide. 18 (31): 1047–1048. Reprinted in Orwell, Sonia; Angus, Ian, eds. (2000). George Orwell: An Age Like This 1920-1940: The Collected Essays, Journalism & Letters. Vol. 1. pp. 276–278. ISBN 978-1-56792-133-5.
  • "Reviews of Books: The Spanish Cockpit". The Contemporary Review Literary Supplement. Vol. 152, no. 454. November 1937. pp. 628–630. ISSN 0010-7565. ProQuest 1294630173.
  • "Spanish Civil War Booklist". The Nation. July 25, 1966. pp. 100–101.
  • Steer, G. L. (August 13, 1937). "Rev. of The Spanish Cockpit; The War in Spain; Volunteer in Spain; Hotel in Spain; The Road to Madrid". The Spectator. Vol. 159, no. 5694. pp. 283–284. ISSN 0038-6952. ProQuest 1295640876.

External links edit

  • The Spanish Cockpit at the Internet Archive
  • Excerpt printed in The Essential Works of Anarchism (1972)