Late and post-Soviet Russian literature
Subtitle: a reader
By: edited by Mark Lipovetsky and Lisa Ryoko Wakamiya
Series: Cultural syllabus; Cultural syllabus
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 601
ISBN-13: 9781936235407; 9781618113832; 9781618114327; 9781618114341
Subjects: Translations into English; Russian literature
Description: The first volume of Late and Post-Soviet Russian Literature: A Reader introduces a diverse spectrum of literary works from Perestroika to the present. It includes poetry, prose, drama and scholarly texts, many of which appear in English translation for the first time. The three sections, "Rethinking Identities," "'Little Terror' and Traumatic Writing," and "Writing Politics," address issues of critical relevance to contemporary Russian culture, history and politics. With its selection of texts and introductory essays Late and Post-Soviet Russian Literature: A Reader brings university curricula into the twenty-first century.
Notes: "The first volume ... includes poetry, prose, drama and scholarly texts, many of which appear in English translation for the first time"--Page 4 of cover, volume 1.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: V. 1. Perestroika and the post-Soviet period; title: v. 2. The Thaw and Stagnation (1954-1986).