The recurrence of fate
Subtitle: theatre & memory in twentieth-century Russia
By: Spencer Golub.
Series: Studies in theatre history & culture; Studies in theatre history and culture
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Iowa City
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
Subjects: Theater and society -- Russia (Federation); Theater -- Russia (Federation) -- History -- 20th century; Russian drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Russia (Federation) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
Description: How, why, and according to whose definitions and requirements does a culture self-consciously create memory and project its fate? In this remarkable book, the first in English to treat Russian history as theatre and cultural performance, Spencer Golub reveals the performative nature of Russian history in the twentieth century and the romantic imprisonment/self-imprisonment of the creative intelligentsia within this scenario.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-262) and index.