Writers In Russia: 1917-1978
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A landmark work of literary criticism and cultural history, Writers in Russia: 1917-1978 chronicles six turbulent decades of Soviet literature through the eyes of one of the West's foremost Russian scholars. Max Hayward presents a sweeping account of the ideological pressures, censorship, and political terror that shaped — and often silenced — Russian writers from the Bolshevik Revolution through the late Soviet era. With incisive authority, Hayward illustrates how figures such as Pasternak, Solzhenitsyn, Mandelstam, and Akhmatova navigated a literary landscape defined by the suffocating demands of Socialist Realism and Stalinist repression. Edited and with an introduction by Patricia Blake, the collection brings together Hayward's most important essays into a cohesive and indispensable portrait of artistic resistance under totalitarianism. Scholarly yet deeply readable, this volume stands as essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the remarkable survival of the Russian literary tradition in the face of state oppression.
Author: Max Hayward
Format: Paperback
Published: 1983, Harvill Press
Genre: Literary theory
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket – paperback in good condition with minor wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact, slight curl to covers.
A landmark work of literary criticism and cultural history, Writers in Russia: 1917-1978 chronicles six turbulent decades of Soviet literature through the eyes of one of the West's foremost Russian scholars. Max Hayward presents a sweeping account of the ideological pressures, censorship, and political terror that shaped — and often silenced — Russian writers from the Bolshevik Revolution through the late Soviet era. With incisive authority, Hayward illustrates how figures such as Pasternak, Solzhenitsyn, Mandelstam, and Akhmatova navigated a literary landscape defined by the suffocating demands of Socialist Realism and Stalinist repression. Edited and with an introduction by Patricia Blake, the collection brings together Hayward's most important essays into a cohesive and indispensable portrait of artistic resistance under totalitarianism. Scholarly yet deeply readable, this volume stands as essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the remarkable survival of the Russian literary tradition in the face of state oppression.