| Soviet Culture and Power: A History in Documents, 1917-1953 Contributor(s): Clark, Katerina (Editor), Dobrenko, Evgeny (Editor), Artizov, Andrei (Compiled by) |
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ISBN: 0300106467 ISBN-13: 9780300106466 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $87.12 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2007 Annotation: Leaders of the Soviet Union, Stalin chief among them, well understood the power of art, and their response was to attempt to control and direct it in every way possible. This book examines Soviet cultural politics from the Revolution to Stalin's death in 1953. Drawing on a wealth of newly released documents from the archives of the former Soviet Union, the book provides remarkable insight on relations between Gorky, Pasternak, Babel, Meyerhold, Shostakovich, Eisenstein, and many other intellectuals, and the Soviet leadership. Stalin's role in directing these relations, and his literary judgments and personal biases, will astonish many. The documents presented in this volume reflect the progression of Party control in the arts. They include decisions of the Politburo, Stalin's correspondence with individual intellectuals, his responses to particular plays, novels, and movie scripts, petitions to leaders from intellectuals, and secret police reports on intellectuals under surveillance. Introductions, explanatory materials, and a biographical index accompany the documents. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union |
| Dewey: 947.084 |
| Series: Annals of Communism |
| Physical Information: 1.57" H x 6.67" W x 9.39" (2.03 lbs) 578 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Cultural Region - Russia - Chronological Period - 1950's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A history of Soviet repression of cultural and artistic life, based on remarkable archival documents never published in English before Leaders of the Soviet Union, Stalin chief among them, well understood the power of art, and their response was to attempt to control and directit in every way possible. This book examines Soviet cultural politics from the Revolution to Stalin's death in 1953. Drawing on a wealth of newly released documents from the archives of the former Soviet Union, the book provides remarkable insight on relations between Gorky, Pasternak, Babel, Meyerhold, Shostakovich, Eisenstein, and many other intellectuals, and the Soviet leadership. Stalin's role in directing these relations, and his literary judgments and personal biases, will astonish many. The documents presented in this volume reflect the progression of Party control in the arts. They include decisions of the Politburo, Stalin's correspondence with individual intellectuals, his responses to particular plays, novels, and movie scripts, petitions to leaders from intellectuals, and secret police reports on intellectuals under surveillance. Introductions, explanatory materials, and a biographical index accompany the documents. |