Ecos da Guerra Civil espanhola na Grã-Bretanha através das publicações do Left Book Club

ABSTRACT This article studies the repercussion of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) in Great Britain, narrated through the publications of the Left Book Club, founded in London in 1935. Throughout its 13 years of operation, the LBC has published 13 books on the subjects of War, of a total of 255 titles released, besides two special numbers of its official magazine -Left News. The paper demonstrates not only how the narrative offered by the LBC publications helped mobilize local public opinion when fascism was not yet perceived as a real danger to the Empire, but also, due to its developmental characteristics and the engagement of countless foreigners on both sides of the war, how the conflict had, from the outset, a transnational appeal. The book will reaffirm itself as much as a physical support for the circulation of ideas, as a place of memory, capable of contributing to the construction of the collective memory of war.

摘要 本文以1935年于伦敦创立的左翼图书俱乐部（Left Book Club，LBC）的出版物为叙事载体，探讨西班牙内战（1936-1939）对英国的影响。该俱乐部在13年运营周期内，累计推出255种正式出版物，其中包含13种战争主题图书，此外还发行了两期官方杂志《左翼新闻》（Left News）特刊。本研究不仅阐明了在内法西斯尚未被视作大英帝国的切实威胁之时，LBC出版物所传递的叙事如何助力动员英国本土舆论，还结合该俱乐部的发展特性与交战双方无数外籍人员的参与背景，揭示了这场冲突自始至终具备的跨国吸引力。本研究将进一步证实，左翼图书俱乐部的出版物既是思想传播的实体载体，亦是一处记忆场域，能够为战争集体记忆的构建贡献力量。