Uncensored : Samizdat novels and the quest for autonomy in Soviet dissidence / Ann Komaromi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Komaromi, Ann, author.

Series:

Studies in Russian literature and theory.

Northwestern University Press studies in Russian literature and theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Underground literature--Soviet Union--History and criticism.

Underground literature.

Underground press publications--Soviet Union.

Underground press publications.

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

Russian fiction.

Russian fiction--20th century--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Literature that was self-published and informally circulated in the former Soviet Union in order to evade censorship, in addition to prosecution of its authors, came to be known as samizdat.Vasilii Aksenov, Andrei Bitov, and Venedikt Erofeev were among its most acclaimed practitioners.

Contents:

Writing the free self : cultural autonomy and the dissident subject in the late Soviet era

Literature and the field of dissidence

Aksenov's the burn : searing the hearts of men

Bitov's Pushkin house : deconstructing the late Soviet subject

On the knife's edge : Venichka's performance in Moscow stations

Samizdat and the extra-Gutenberg condition

Conclusion: Soviet dissidence and critical subjectivity in an extra-Gutenberg age.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-245) and index.

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ISBN:

0-8101-3124-2

OCLC:

911594419