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OverviewIn this text, Irina Gutkin brings together work on the subject of Soviet aesthetic ideology to argue that socialist realism encompassed a philosophical world view that marked thinking in the Soviet Union on all levels, political, social, and linguistic. Using a wealth of diverse cultural material, the book traces the emergence of central operative in socialist realist theory and praxis from Symbolism to pre- and post- revolutionary Futurism, through the 1920s and 1930s. Rich in both cultural and philosophical analysis, this book should appeal to Russian scholars and historians, as well as the general reader. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Irina GutkinPublisher: Northwestern University Press Imprint: Northwestern University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 24.80cm Weight: 0.525kg ISBN: 9780810115453ISBN 10: 081011545 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 01 September 1999 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely Availability: Out of stock  Table of ContentsReviewsLiterary scholars, historians, and indeed any scholar or student of the Soviet period will be gratified to see many of their presuppositions about socialist realism validated in Gutkin's analysis of the cultural history of the socialist realist aesthetic. --Slavic Review .. .Gutkin's work will provide informative reading not only for specialists in Russian literature, culture, and history, but also for those interested in the relationship between the artistic avant-garde and totalitarianism in other national cultures. --The Slavic and East European Journal Irina Gutkin's study helps very much to rectify socialist realism's lamentable status, together with the other authors she quietly champions in her opening overview of several kindred studies. --World Literature Today Literary scholars, historians, and indeed any scholar or student of the Soviet period will be gratified to see many of their presuppositions about socialist realism validated in Gutkin's analysis of the cultural history of the socialist realist aesthetic. --Slavic Review The clearest strength of Gutkin's study is the remarkable variety of materials that figure in her analysis, including major works of socialist realist fiction, pre-revolutionary aesthetic manifestos, political texts, and even an unusal 1925 TOP SECRET directive from Glavlit. --Slavonic and East European Review Author InformationGutkin is an assistant professor in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of California, Los Angeles. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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