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From Symbolism to Socialist Realism
Irene . Ed(S): Masing-Delic
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Description for From Symbolism to Socialist Realism
Editor(s): Masing-Delic, Irene. Series: Cultural Syllabus. Num Pages: 474 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; DQ; DSB; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 706.
Developed as a reader for upper division undergraduates and beginning graduate students, this book offers a broad variety of materials contextualizing the texts most frequently read in Russian literature courses at this level. These approaches cover critical- theoretical articles, cultural and historical analyses, literary manifestos and declarations of literary aesthetics, memoirs of revolutionary terrorism and arrests by the NKVD, political denunciations and “literary vignettes” capturing the spirit of its particular time in a nutshell. From Symbolism to Socialist Realism evokes and illuminates the key areas of a complex and tragic era.
Developed as a reader for upper division undergraduates and beginning graduate students, this book offers a broad variety of materials contextualizing the texts most frequently read in Russian literature courses at this level. These approaches cover critical- theoretical articles, cultural and historical analyses, literary manifestos and declarations of literary aesthetics, memoirs of revolutionary terrorism and arrests by the NKVD, political denunciations and “literary vignettes” capturing the spirit of its particular time in a nutshell. From Symbolism to Socialist Realism evokes and illuminates the key areas of a complex and tragic era.
Product Details
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Condition
New
Series
Cultural Syllabus
Number of Pages
474
Format
Paperback
Place of Publication
Brighton, United States
ISBN
9781618112323
SKU
V9781618112323
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99-15
About Irene . Ed(S): Masing-Delic
Irene Masing-Delic (Ph.D. University of Stockholm) is a Professor at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; author of Abolishing Death (1992).
Reviews for From Symbolism to Socialist Realism
"The first third of the twentieth century saw immense cultural, political and technological changes, and in Russia those processes played out in literature. In this unique reader, Masing-Delic collects in one volume invaluable English translations of key Russian texts, from manifestos of poetic and revolutionary positions to poems, songs, diary entries and excerpts from memoirs. With some of the best ... Read more