The Mongol conquests in the novels of Vasily Yan : an intellectual biography / Dmitry Shlapentokh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shlapentokh, Dmitry, author.

Series:

Literatur und Kultur im mittleren und östlichen Europa ; Volume 15.

Literature and Culture in Central and Eastern Europe, 2195-1497 ; Volume 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

IAn, V. (Vasili), 1875-1954.

IAn, V. (Vasili).

I͡An, V. (Vasiliĭ), 1875-1954--Criticism and interpretation.

I͡An, V.

Authors, Russian--Biography.

Authors, Russian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (140 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Stuttgart, Germany : Ibidem-Verlag, 2017.

Summary:

Vasily Yan (Vassily Grigoryevich Yanchevetsky, 1874-1954) was a writer of historical novels whose popularity survives the test of time. He was widely read throughout the Soviet era and continues to be popular in the post-Soviet era. This book is not just a biographical sketch of an important Russian/Soviet writer basically unknown to the Western public. The focus on Yan and his work also demonstrates the role of ideology in a totalitarian society. Shlapentokh shows that ideology and cultural and intellectual life in totalitarian regimes are more complex than is often assumed. Intellectuals often engaged in stressful, but-in its literary outcome-captivating "cat and mouse" games with censors, the powerful, and the government.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed April 14, 2018).

ISBN:

3-8382-7017-7