Soviet Novel, Third Edition

History as Ritual

von Katerina Clark

338 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

"In its sure grasp of a huge subject and in its speculative boldness, Professor Clark's study represents a major breakthrough. It sends one back to the original texts with a whole host of new questions. . . . And it also helps us to understand the place of the 'official' writer in that peculiar mixture of ideology, collective pressure, and inspiration which is the Soviet literary process." -Times Literary Supplement "The Soviet Novel has had an enormous impact on the way Stalinist culture is studied in a range of disciplines (literature scholarship, history, cultural studies, even anthropology and political science)." -Slavic Review "Those readers who have come to realize that history is a branch of mythology will find Clark's book a stimulating and rewarding account of Soviet mythopoesis." -American Historical Review A dynamic account of the socialist realist novel's evolution as seen in the context of Soviet culture. A new Afterword brings the history of Socialist Realism to its end at the close of the 20th century.

• Reihe: Indiana University Press (IPS)
• ISBN: 9780253213679
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.08.2000
• Größe: 215 x 137 mm
• Verlag: Indiana University Press