{"product_id":"when-criticism-goes-to-war-njegos-andric-and-their-detractors-hardcover-2","title":"When Criticism Goes to War: Njegos, Andric and Their Detractors - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eZoran Milutinovic\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bold intervention into the lingering debates on Serbian writers Petar Petrovic \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNjegos and Ivo Andric in the late Yugoslav and post-Yugoslav period, which interrogates the political and moralizing (mis)use of literature.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis open access study asks difficult questions about the relationship between literature, history, politics and ethics: Does \u003ci\u003erepresenting\u003c\/i\u003e something in fiction mean \u003ci\u003eendorsing\u003c\/i\u003e it? Should fiction be used to rewrite history? Should we weaponize legitimate ethical concerns while reading fiction and transform them into superficial moralizing? Should political misreading of fiction be opposed? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eZoran Milutinovic examines a well-established, deeply rooted and widespread Bosniak nationalist discourse on Ivo Andric and, to a lesser extent, Petar Petrovic Njegos. This discourse claims that Nobel Prize winner Andric expounded a nationalist ideology in his works, which instigated, or at least justified, the genocide of Bosnian Muslims. Milutinovic argues that this Bosniak nationalist discourse is not really about Andric's works. It is a political discourse that uses Andric's works and career merely as a springboard, and as literary criticism and scholarship, it is harmful. This is criticism that \u003ci\u003egoes to war\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen Criticism Goes to War\u003c\/i\u003e is a study characterized by a smooth and sensitive writing style that makes this contentious subject accessible to those more generally interested in political distortions of fiction and its authors, as similar attempts to misuse literature are not limited to the Yugoslav context. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eZoran Milutinovic\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of South Slav Literature and Modern Literary Theory at University College London, UK, and author or editor of 9 books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Rebirth of Area Studies\u003c\/i\u003e (I.B. Tauris, 2020). He is also co-editor of the book series Balkan Studies Library and Member of Academia Europaea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 06, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53008883515699,"sku":"9798765133811","price":169.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/AX7wmd4tL9798765133811_76047157-5fb3-4748-9436-2d303557820a.webp?v=1769677851","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/when-criticism-goes-to-war-njegos-andric-and-their-detractors-hardcover-2","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}