| The Soviet Novel, Third Edition: History as Ritual Contributor(s): Clark, Katerina (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253213673 ISBN-13: 9780253213679 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $23.76 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2000 Annotation: Deploying analytical tools drawn from anthropology, history, and literary theory, Katerina Clark's pathbreaking study explores the evolution of the socialist realist novel as a myth-like genre. Blending intellectual and literary history, Clark traces the development of the novel's master plot from its origin in the mid-19th century to its end at the close of the 20th. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Russian & Former Soviet Union - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
| Dewey: 891.734 |
| LCCN: 00038290 |
| Physical Information: 1.06" H x 5.39" W x 8.47" (0.90 lbs) 344 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In its sure grasp of a huge subject and in its speculative boldness, Professor Clark's study represents a major breakthrough. It sends one back to the original texts with a whole host of new questions. . . . And it also helps us to understand the place of the 'official' writer in that peculiar mixture of ideology, collective pressure, and inspiration which is the Soviet literary process. --Times Literary Supplement The Soviet Novel has had an enormous impact on the way Stalinist culture is studied in a range of disciplines (literature scholarship, history, cultural studies, even anthropology and political science). --Slavic Review Those readers who have come to realize that history is a branch of mythology will find Clark's book a stimulating and rewarding account of Soviet mythopoesis. --American Historical Review A dynamic account of the socialist realist novel's evolution as seen in the context of Soviet culture. A new Afterword brings the history of Socialist Realism to its end at the close of the 20th century. |