Inside the Soviet Writers' Union

Informationen zum Autor JOHN GARRARD is Senior Lecturer in Politics and Contemporary History at the University of Salford, and is a member of its European Studies Research Institute.The USSR's Writer's Union, a form of cultural and political organization unknown in the West, has ruled every aspect of Russian writers' private and professional lives from the time of Stalin to the present day. This book shows how the union has operated over the last five decades. Zusammenfassung The USSR's Writer's Union, a form of cultural and political organization unknown in the West, has ruled every aspect of Russian writers' private and professional lives from the time of Stalin to the present day. This sophisticated and detailed study shows how the union has operated over the last five decades. Inhaltsverzeichnis Organising Utopia; whip and gingerbread; party guidance; Soviet Parnassus; crimes and punishments; purity and profit; the threat of glasnost; the promise of perestroika. Appendix: facts and figures.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Garrard Carol Garrard, Carol Garrard, John Garrard, Garrard Carol, Garrard John, Garrard John Garrard
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781350186569
• ISBN: 978-1-350-18656-9
• Seiten: 318
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, Marxism & Communism, Political oppression & persecution, Political oppression and persecution, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Eastern, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet, LITERARY CRITICISM / Russian & Soviet