Don Quixote

When Soviet censors approved Mikhail Bulgakov’s stage adaptation of Don Quixote, they were unaware that they were sanctioning a subtle but powerful criticism of Stalinist rule.The volume’s introduction provides background for Bulgakov’s adaptation and compares Bulgakov with Cervantes and the twentieth-century Russian work with the seventeenth century Spanish work.

A propos de l'auteur

Mikhail Bulgakov (1891-1940) grew up and was educated in Kiev. He practiced medicine but soon turned to journalism and writing. He struggled persistently for artistic freedom but was frustrated by the Soviet censorship. "In the last seven years," he wrote to a friend in 1937, "I have created sixteen works in various genres, and they have all been slain."

Résumé

When Soviet censors approved Mikhail Bulgakov’s stage adaptation of Don Quixote, they were unaware that they were sanctioning a subtle but powerful criticism of Stalinist rule.The volume’s introduction provides background for Bulgakov’s adaptation and compares Bulgakov with Cervantes and the twentieth-century Russian work with the seventeenth century Spanish work.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Mikeil/ Marinova Bulgakov, Mikhail Bulgakov, Mikhail Afanasevich Bulgakov, Mikhail Bulgakov
• Collaboration: Scott Pollard (Editeur), Margarita Marinova (Traduction), Margarita Marinova (Traduction)
• Edition: Modern Language Assn Of Amer
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 30.04.2014
• EAN: 9781603291507
• ISBN: 978-1-60329-150-7
• Pages: 250
• Thèmes: Texts and Translations; Texts and Translations; MLA Texts and Translations
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits); Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée