Epic Revisionism: Russian History and Literature as Stalinist Propaganda

Focusing on a number of historical and literary personalities who were regarded with disdain in the aftermath of the 1917 revolution'figures such as Peter the Great, Ivan the Terrible, Alexander Pushkin, Leo Tolstoy, and Mikhail Lermontov'Epic Revisionism tells the fascinating story of these individuals' return to canonical status during the darkest days of the Stalin era. An inherently interdisciplinary project, Epic Revisionism features pieces on literary and cultural history, film, opera, and theater. This volume pairs scholarly essays with selections drawn from Stalin-era primary sources'newspaper articles, unpublished archival documents, short stories'to provide students and specialists with the richest possible understanding of this understudied phenomenon in modern Russian history.

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Title of ebook: Epic Revisionism: Russian History and Literature as Stalinist Propaganda
ISBN: 9780299215033
parent-ISBN: 9780299215002
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Internet download file size: 3279 kb
Pages: 372
Published: 02-2006
Released online for download: 02-23-2006
Editor: Platt, Kevin M. F.

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Illustrations................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ix Acknowledgements.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................xi A Note on Conventions........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................xiii Terms and Acronyms........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ ... read full excerpt from Epic Revisionism: Russian History and Literature as Stalinist Propaganda ebook

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