Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Cold War Icon, Gulag Author, Russian Nationalist?: A Study Of The Western Reception Of His Literary Writings, Historical Interpretations, And Political Ideas - Couverture souple

Kriza, Elisa

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3838205898 ISBN 13 : 9783838205892

Editeur : ibidem, 2014

Synopsis

Alexander Solzhenitsyn was one of the Cold War's most iconic writers. This book offers an in-depth analysis of his reception in the Us, Uk, and Germany before and after 1991. Elisa Kriza skillfully explores how Solzhenitsyn's work can be understood with the paradigm of witness literature and uncovers the dynamics behind the politicized reception of his writing.

From the mid-1980s onwards, Solzhenitsyn's popularity dwindled-was this for ideological reasons? What about the rumors linking him with Russian nationalism? This study does not shy away from stretching beyond anti-communism and touching more contentious subjects-such as anti-feminism, anti-Semitism, and revisionism-in Solzhenitsyn's work and reception.

Bringing Solzhenitsyn back from his 'critical exile' and redefining his work as memory culture, Kriza's book is a crucial scholarly intervention, unveiling the mechanism that can transform a controversial figure into a moral icon.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Andreas Umland, M.Phil. (Oxford), Dr.Phil. (FU Berlin), Ph.D. (Cambridge), Research Fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs in Stockholm, Senior Expert at the Ukrainian Institute for the Future in Kyiv, and Associate Professor at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: ibidem
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3838205898
• ISBN 13: 9783838205892
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 310
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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