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Uncensored
Ann Komaromi
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Description for Uncensored
Paperback. Series: Studies in Russian Literature and Theory. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH; DSK; JFMD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
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. Using archival research to fully illustrate samizdat’s social and historical context, Komaromi arrives at a more nuanced theoretical position that breaks ... Read more
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. Using archival research to fully illustrate samizdat’s social and historical context, Komaromi arrives at a more nuanced theoretical position that breaks ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Russian Literature and Theory
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810131866
SKU
V9780810131866
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About Ann Komaromi
Ann Komaromi is an assistant professor of comparative literature at the University of Toronto, Canada.
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