Voicing the Soviet Experience - The POetry of Olga Berggolts

Zusatztext Hodgson's exploration of the life and work of Ol'ga Berggol'ts is a very interesting and welcome addition to the study of Soviet literature. Klappentext The career of Ol'ga Berggol'ts offers a case study in the complexities that faced Soviet writers in the Stalin era, and demonstrates that the borders between 'official' and 'unofficial' literature were permeable and shifting. This study draws on unpublished materials, including the poet's notebooks and diaries, to show how conflict and ambiguity functioned as a structuring principle in her work. The tensions of attempting to reconcile Party loyalty with personal and artistic integrity are revealed in her lyric poetry, her treatment of other genres, including prose, and in the intensively intra-textual nature of her writing. Dr Hodgson reassesses the cultural heritage of an era that can seem remote and impenetrable, but which is complex and intriguing. Zusammenfassung Ol'ga Berggol'ts (1910-1975) was a prominent Russian Soviet poet, whose accounts of heroism in wartime Leningrad brought her fame. This volume addresses her position as a writer whose Party loyalties were frequently in conflict with the demands of artistic and personal integrity.

Product details

• Authors: Katharine Hodgson, Hodgson Katharine
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2025
• EAN: 9780197262894
• ISBN: 978-0-19-726289-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 17 mm x 245 mm x 22 mm
• Series: British Academy Monographs; British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Slavonic linguistics / literary studies; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, 20th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Russian, 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, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Political oppression & persecution, Political oppression and persecution, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet, LITERARY CRITICISM / Russian & Soviet