Artists In Uniform: A Study Of Literature And Bureaucratism
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings.
At the intersection of artistic freedom and totalitarian control, Max Eastman's Artists in Uniform stands as a searing indictment of Soviet cultural policy and its stranglehold on literary expression. Originally published in 1934 and reissued in 1972, this landmark work chronicles the systematic subordination of writers and artists under Stalin's bureaucratic apparatus, drawing on first-hand observation and rigorous analysis to expose how communist ideology corroded the creative spirit. Eastman, a one-time socialist and intimate of Trotsky, writes with the passionate authority of a disillusioned insider, marshalling evidence that the Soviet state had transformed art into a propaganda instrument. Artists in Uniform remains a foundational text in the critique of socialist realism and political censorship, anticipating debates about the relationship between power and culture that continue to resonate today — leaving the reader to wonder how much of the artist, once uniformed, can ever truly be recovered.
Author: Max Eastman
Format: Hardback
Published: 1972, Octagon Books (A division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Genre: Literary theory
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings.
At the intersection of artistic freedom and totalitarian control, Max Eastman's Artists in Uniform stands as a searing indictment of Soviet cultural policy and its stranglehold on literary expression. Originally published in 1934 and reissued in 1972, this landmark work chronicles the systematic subordination of writers and artists under Stalin's bureaucratic apparatus, drawing on first-hand observation and rigorous analysis to expose how communist ideology corroded the creative spirit. Eastman, a one-time socialist and intimate of Trotsky, writes with the passionate authority of a disillusioned insider, marshalling evidence that the Soviet state had transformed art into a propaganda instrument. Artists in Uniform remains a foundational text in the critique of socialist realism and political censorship, anticipating debates about the relationship between power and culture that continue to resonate today — leaving the reader to wonder how much of the artist, once uniformed, can ever truly be recovered.