Rewriting the Good Fight: Critical Essays on the Literature of the Spanish Civil War Edited by Frieda S. Brown, Malcolm Alan Compitello, Victor M. Howard, and Robert A. Martin

This collection brings together leading scholars to reassess the literary legacy of the Spanish Civil War. Through essays on writers such as George Orwell, Ernest Hemingway, Pablo Neruda, and others, the volume explores how the war’s ideals, betrayals, and tragedies were transformed into art. The contributors examine the ways memory, politics, and ideology shaped the narratives that emerged from the conflict—both within Spain and abroad. Rewriting the Good Fight challenges established interpretations and reveals how literature became a battleground for defining the war’s meaning across generations.