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.
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.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9783838206905
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-3-8382-0690-5
- Verlag: ibidem
- Erscheinungstermin: 01.10.2014
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: 1. Auflage 2014
- Serie: Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society
- Produktform: Gebunden, HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 518 g
- Seiten: 310
- Format (B x H x T): 153 x 216 x 20 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt