Writers at Work
Mary A. Nicholas
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Description for Writers at Work
Hardback. Num Pages: 358 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 653.
Recent research on the Soviet period of Russian literary history has eliminated many gaps in our understanding of that complex era. With few exceptions, however, little critical attention has been directed to the most important of all Soviet genres: the production novel, or proizvodstvennyi roman. Such neglect is particularly true of production novels written in the transitional era between the late 1920s and the early 1930s. Such works provide an essential but still misunderstood clue to the Stalinist era and the formation of Soviet culture. Based on contemporary theory and new archival research, Writers at Work re-assesses the production novel ... Read more
Recent research on the Soviet period of Russian literary history has eliminated many gaps in our understanding of that complex era. With few exceptions, however, little critical attention has been directed to the most important of all Soviet genres: the production novel, or proizvodstvennyi roman. Such neglect is particularly true of production novels written in the transitional era between the late 1920s and the early 1930s. Such works provide an essential but still misunderstood clue to the Stalinist era and the formation of Soviet culture. Based on contemporary theory and new archival research, Writers at Work re-assesses the production novel ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
358
Condition
New
Number of Pages
358
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611483345
SKU
V9781611483345
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About Mary A. Nicholas
Mary A. Nicholas is associate professor of Russian in the Department of Modern Languages and Literature at Lehigh University.
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