Russian Experimental Fiction: Resisting Ideology After Utopia

by Edith W. Clowes

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In the three decades following Stalin's death, major underground Russian writers have subverted Soviet ideology by using parody to draw attention to its basis in utopian thought. Referring to utopian writing as diverse as Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground, and Orwell's Animal Farm, they have tested notions of truth, reality, and representation. They have gone beyond their precursors by experimenting...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0691608105

ISBN13:9780691608105

Release Date:July 2014

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:254 Pages

Weight:0.79 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature & Fiction Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Movements & Periods World Literature

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