Uncensored Samizdat Novels and the Quest for Autonomy in Soviet Dissidence |
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| Author:
| Komaromi, Ann |
| Editor:
| Morson, Gary Saul |
| Series title: | Studies in Russian Literature and Theory Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8101-3123-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2015 |
| Publisher: | Northwestern University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $120.00 |
Book Description:
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Vasilii Aksenov, Andrei Bitov, and Venedikt Erofeev were among the most acclaimed authors of samizdat, the literature that was self-published in the former Soviet Union in order to evade censorship and prosecution. In Uncensored, Ann Komaromi uses their work to argue for a far more sophisticated understanding of the phenomenon of samizdat, showing how the material circumstances of its creation and dissemination exercised a profound influence on the very idea of...
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Vasilii Aksenov, Andrei Bitov, and Venedikt Erofeev were among the most acclaimed authors of samizdat, the literature that was self-published in the former Soviet Union in order to evade censorship and prosecution. In Uncensored, Ann Komaromi uses their work to argue for a far more sophisticated understanding of the phenomenon of samizdat, showing how the material circumstances of its creation and dissemination exercised a profound influence on the very idea of dissidence, reconfiguring the relationship between author and reader.