| Fifty-Five Years with Russia Contributor(s): Ljunggren, Magnus (Author) |
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ISBN: 1618115383 ISBN-13: 9781618115386 Publisher: Academic Studies Press OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Educators - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2016037761 |
| Series: Studies in Russian and Slavic Literatures, Cultures, and His |
| Physical Information: 0.28" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.46 lbs) 104 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The academic career of internationally recognized Professor of Slavic Studies Magnus Ljunggren spans more than a half century. Here he looks back over his meetings with prominent members of the Russian intelligentsia who from the liberalizing XXII Party Congress in 1961 and down to the present have in various forms struggled with the totalitarian structures of Soviet and post-Soviet society. As a literary scholar Ljunggren has focused on Andrei Bely's novel Petersburg, Russian Symbolism and Russian Silver Age literature and culture. His memoirs reflect on how his study of Symbolism and his commitment to the Russian civil rights movement over the years have stimulated each other and contributed to a deeper understanding of Russia's distinctive character. Ljunggren's gallery of intimate and colorful portraits includes Bulat Okudzhava, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Joseph Brodsky, Viktor Shklovsky, Lidia Chukovskaya, and Nina Berberova. |