Iurii Trifonov: Unity Through Time Contributor(s): Gillespie, David C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521419476 ISBN-13: 9780521419475 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $117.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1993 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Russian & Former Soviet Union - Literary Criticism | European - General |
Dewey: 891.734 |
LCCN: 92007312 |
Series: Cambridge Studies in Russian Literature |
Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.06 lbs) 262 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Iurii Trifonov (1925-81) has recently become well-known in the West as a writer of Soviet urban life. This study concentrates on his exploration of major events in Russian history and their implications and consequences for his time. David Gillespie traces this interest through all of Trifonov's writings, from his earliest, Stalin prize-winning period to the self-consciously modernist later works. Through historical analogies and allusions, Trifonov developed a language with which to combat the repressive censorship of his time. He upheld the concepts of truth and justice when glasnost was unknown, and where historical expedience was all-determining. |