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The prose of life : Russian women writers from Khrushchev to Putin / Benjamin M. Sutcliffe.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sutcliffe, Benjamin M.
- Series:
- ACLS Humanities E-Book.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Russian prose literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
- Russian prose literature.
- Women authors, Russian--20th century--Biography.
- Women authors, Russian.
- Women authors, Russian--21st century--Biography.
- Home in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 211 p. )
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Prose of Life examines how six female authors employed images of daily life to depict women's experience in Russian culture from the 1960s to the present.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Engendering Byt in Soviet Culture
- 1 Documenting Women's Byt during the Thaw and Stagnation: Natal'ia Baranskaia and I. Grekova
- 2 Perestroika and the Emergence of Women's Prose: Liudmila Petrushevskaia, Tat'iana Tolstaia, and Women's Anthologies
- 3 The Artistry of Everyday Life: Liudmila Ulitskaia, Svetlana Vasilenko, and Post-Soviet Women's Anthologies
- Conclusion: Cultural Divides and the Future of Women's Prose
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612256028
- 9781282256026
- 1282256025
- 9780299232030
- 0299232034
- OCLC:
- 431996029
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb08773 hdl
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