num_pages: 481
description: First published in 1968, this classic is a richly detailed study of the eponymous journal that was the most significant Soviet literary journal of the 1920s. It is also a comprehensive survey of Soviet literary culture in a critical period when writers could still engage in public debate.
language: English
title: Red Virgin Soil: Soviet Literature in the 1920's
titlecomplete: Red Virgin Soil: Soviet Literature in the 1920's (Studies in Russian Literature and Theory)
genres: Nonfiction
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Northwestern University Press