Revolution rekindled : the writers and readers of late Soviet biography / Polly Jones.
2019
PG3026.R5
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Title
Revolution rekindled : the writers and readers of late Soviet biography / Polly Jones.
Author
Jones, Polly, 1975- author.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780191842658 (electronic book)
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Call Number
PG3026.R5
Dewey Decimal Classification
891.7090044
Summary
Towards the end of the Khrushchev era, a Soviet initiative was launched to rekindle popular enthusiasm for the revolution, which gave rise to over 150 biographies and historical novels, authored by key post-Stalinist writers and published throughout late socialism until the Soviet collapse. What new meanings did revolution take on as it was reimagined by writers, including dissidents, leading historians, and popular historical novelists? How did their millions of readers engage with these texts? To what extent does this Brezhnev-era publishing phenomenon challenge the notion of late socialism as a time of 'stagnation', and how does it confirm it? By exploring the processes of writing, editing, censorship, and reading of late Soviet literature, this text highlights the negotiations that continued within Soviet culture well past the apparent turning point of 1968, through to the late Gorbachev era.
Note
Towards the end of the Khrushchev era, a Soviet initiative was launched to rekindle popular enthusiasm for the revolution, which gave rise to over 150 biographies and historical novels, authored by key post-Stalinist writers and published throughout late socialism until the Soviet collapse. What new meanings did revolution take on as it was reimagined by writers, including dissidents, leading historians, and popular historical novelists? How did their millions of readers engage with these texts? To what extent does this Brezhnev-era publishing phenomenon challenge the notion of late socialism as a time of 'stagnation', and how does it confirm it? By exploring the processes of writing, editing, censorship, and reading of late Soviet literature, this text highlights the negotiations that continued within Soviet culture well past the apparent turning point of 1968, through to the late Gorbachev era.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 31, 2019).
Series
Oxford scholarship online.
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Print version: 9780198804345
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