Soviet Literature in the Sixties

Soviet Literature in the Sixties (1965) examines the Soviet literary scene and its changes following the death of Stalin. Not least among these changes was the increasing freedom given to writers to protest against the injustices of Soviet life and to question the consistency of socialist realism.

List of contents

1. The Novel in Russia and the West Rufus Mathewson 2. The Decade Since Stalin A. Gaev 3. The New Idiom Leonid D. Rzhevsky 4. Highlights of the 1962–1963 Thaw Burton Rubin 5. The Non-Russians Anthony Adamovich 6. Soviet Literature in Perspective Gleb Struve 7. Literary Output: 1956–1962 Maurice Friedberg 8. The Political Aspect Peter Benno 9. Epilogue Max Hayward

About the author

Max Hayward and Edward L. Crowley

Summary

Soviet Literature in the Sixties (1965) examines the Soviet literary scene and its changes following the death of Stalin. Not least among these changes was the increasing freedom given to writers to protest against the injustices of Soviet life and to question the consistency of socialist realism.

Product details

• Authors: Max Crowley Hayward
• Assisted by: Edward L. Crowley (Editor), Crowley Edward L. (Editor), Max Hayward (Editor), Hayward Max (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032889795
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3288979-5
• No. of pages: 230
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Soviet Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Cultural Studies, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, c 1960 to c 1970, Social and cultural history, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, c 1960 to c 1969, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, LITERARY CRITICISM / Russian & Soviet, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era