num_pages: 372
description: Focusing on a number of historical and literary personalities who were regarded with disdain in the aftermath of the 1917 revolution - figures such as Peter the Great, Ivan the Terrible, Alexander Pushkin, Leo [illegible], and Mikhail [illegible] - Epic Revisionism tells the fascinating story of these individuals' return to canonical status during the darkest days of the Stalin era. An inherently interdisciplinary project, Epic Revisionism features pieces on literary and cultural history, film, opera, and theater. It pairs scholarly essays with selections from Stalin-era primary sources - newspaper articles, unpublished archival documents, short stories - to provide students and specialists with the richest possible understanding of this understudied phenomenon in modern Russian history.
language: English
title: Epic Revisionism: Russian History and Literature as Stalinist Propaganda
titlecomplete: Epic Revisionism: Russian History and Literature as Stalinist Propaganda
genres: History
ratings_count: 8
publisher: University of Wisconsin Press