A History of Russian Literary Theory and Criticism - The Soviet Age and Beyond

Brings together the work of leading international scholars in a comprehensive history of Russian literary theory and criticism from 1917 to the post-Soviet age. By examining the dynamics of literary criticism and theory in three arenas—political, intellectual, and institutional—the authors capture the progression and structure of Russian literary criticism and its changing function and discourse.

About the author

Evgeny Dobrenko is professor and department head of Russian and Slavonic Studies at the University of Sheffield. He is author, editor, or coeditor of twenty books including The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century Russian Literature and Soviet Culture and Power: A History in Documents, 1917-1953.

Summary

This volume assembles the work of leading international scholars in a comprehensive history of Russian literary theory and criticism from 1917 to the post-Soviet age.

Product details

• Assisted by: Evgeny Dobrekno (Editor), Evgeny Dobrenko (Editor), Galin Tihanov (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.2013
• EAN: 9780822962861
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-6286-1
• No. of pages: 424
• Dimensions: 144 mm x 226 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 554 g
• Series: Pitt Series in Russian and East European Studies; Pitt Russian East European; Pitt Series in Russian and East European Studies; Russian and East European Stud; Russian and East European Studies
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies