The Making of the State Writer Social and Aesthetic Origins of Soviet Literary Culture |
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| Author:
| Dobrenko, Evgeny |
| Translator:
| Savage, Jesse M. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8047-3364-9 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2002 |
| Publisher: | Stanford University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $120.00 |
Book Description:
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This book completes the author's study of the sociology of the literary process in Soviet Russia, begun in The Making of the State Reader: Social and Aesthetic Contexts of the Reception of Soviet Literature (Stanford, 1997). The author demonstrates that Socialist Realism is not so much directed as it is self-directed; the transformation of the author into his own censor is the true history of Soviet literature.
This book completes the author's study of the sociology of the literary process in Soviet Russia, begun in The Making of the State Reader: Social and Aesthetic Contexts of the Reception of Soviet Literature (Stanford, 1997). The author demonstrates that Socialist Realism is not so much directed as it is self-directed; the transformation of the author into his own censor is the true history of Soviet literature.