Publication

2012 - Academic Studies Press

Language

English

Word Count

71,250 words, Guess

Page Count

285 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781618112033
  • ISBN-101618112031
  • Better World Books9781618112033
  • Open LibraryOL29163030M

Description

"Across the twentieth century war was the central experience of the Russian people, spurring tales of the struggles and advances of the combat hero to become a prevailing Russian literary trope. In this wide spanning text Brintlinger traces the war experiences, memories, tropes, and metaphors in literature of the Soviet and post-Soviet period, examining the work of Dmitry Furmanov, Fyodor Gladkov, Alexander Tvardovsky, Emmanuil Kazakevich, Vera Panova, Viktor Nekrasov, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Vladimir Voinovich, Sergei Dovlatov, Vladimir Makanin, Viktor Astafiev, Viktor Pelevin, and Vasily Aksyonov. These authors represented official Soviet literature and underground or dissident literature. They fell into and out of favor, were exiled and returned to Russia, and died at home and abroad. Most importantly, each of these writers was touched by war and reacted to the state of war in their literary works. "

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Other Editions

  • Chapaev and His Comrades: War and the Russian Literary Hero Across the Twentieth CenturyAcademic Studies Press2012-01-01

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