Interval of freedom : Soviet literature during the thaw, 1954-1957 / by George Gibian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gibian, George.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Russian literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Russian literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [1960]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When Boris Pasternak's Doctor Zhivago was published in Europe and America in 1957 and 1958, the Western world was astonished and elated. But Doctor Zhivago is not the only significant literary work to come out of Soviet Russia recently.

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; I: FREEDOM AND AFTERMATH, 1953 TO 1958; II: THE SCIENTIST AS HERO, SAINT, AND MARTYR; III: LOVE VERSUS STEEL PRODUCTION; IV: VERSIONS OF A SOVIET INFERNO; V: THE CLIMAX WITH DOCTOR ZHIVAGO; VI: THE INTERVAL IN PERSPECTIVE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-172) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-6258-4

OCLC:

476161464