Research Catalog

Title

Socialist realism in Central and Eastern European literatures : institutions, dynamics, discourses / edited by Evgeny Dobrenko, Natalia Jonsson-Skradol.

Publication

• London ; New York, NY : Anthem Press, 2018.
• ©2018

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Details

Additional Authors

• Dobrenko, E. A. (Evgeniĭ Aleksandrovich)
• Jonsson-Skradol, Natalia

Description

vii, 362 pages : illustration; 24 cm

Summary

• "This volume brings together articles written by experts in the literary history of Central and Eastern European literatures. Focused on the export of Socialist Realism into Europe after WWII, the authors look not so much at similarities as at the particularities of each specific national and cultural context. The introduction of the Soviet cultural model was not quite the smooth endeavour that it was intended to be; rather, it was always a work in progress, often born out of a give-and-take with the local authorities, intellectuals and interest groups. Those in charge had to negotiate the precarious terrain of local cultural and political controversies, caught between tradition and innovation in some countries, or, in others, between a sincere interest in the new concept of art and a complete refusal to accept new rules. Paradoxically, among all the different experiences of introducing, importing imposing Socialist Realism in the specific national contexts, the one thing in common is that each case was a response to the local conditions, a process of working through the challenge of inscribing a staunch theory into the daily reality of an unfamiliar country, language and culture."--
• "This collection on the export of Socialist Realism into Central and Eastern Europe after WWII is the first work on the subject which offers an in-depth analysis of the particularities of distinct national and cultural contexts and explores complexities of the cultural Sovietisation of the region"--

Series Statement

Anthem series on Russian, East European and Eurasian studies

Uniform Title

Anthem series on Russian, East European and Eurasian studies.

Subjects

• European literature
• Socialist realism in literature
• European literature > History and criticism
• POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Communism & Socialism
• Politics and government
• Since 1945
• Intellectual life
• Europe, Eastern > Politics and government > 1945-
• Europe, Eastern > Intellectual life
• Europe, Eastern > Cultural policy
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Cultural policy
• HISTORY / Europe / Eastern
• East European literature > History and criticism
• LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Eastern (see also Russian & Former Soviet Union)

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JFE 18-4033

ISBN

• 9781783086979
• 1783086971

LCCN

2017058324

OCLC

1031195926

Title

Socialist realism in Central and Eastern European literatures : institutions, dynamics, discourses / edited by Evgeny Dobrenko, Natalia Jonsson-Skradol.

Publisher

London ; New York, NY : Anthem Press, 2018.

Copyright Date

©2018

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Anthem series on Russian, East European and Eurasian studies

Anthem series on Russian, East European and Eurasian studies.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

Since 1945

Added Author

Dobrenko, E. A. (Evgeniĭ Aleksandrovich), editor.

Jonsson-Skradol, Natalia, editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 18-4033