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Book SynopsisIn the first comprehensive picture of Soviet literary censorship, Herman Ermolaev highlights the aims of censorship and its evolution during shifts in Communinist Party policy. He draws on a great variety of primary and secondary sources, including over 200 literary works; the Soviet government''s decrees on censorship and publishing; books and articles on censorship; political and historical writings; and personal correspondences with writers, editors, and a former high-ranking Glavlit official. Censorship in Soviet Literature will interest scholars of Soviet literature, politics, history, and culture and provides an excellent reference on Soviet literary censorship.
Trade ReviewThis book is a pathbreaking attempt to trace the development and workings of Soviet literary censorship from 1917-1991. The style is witty and pungent, and the scholarship, solid and impressive. -- John B. Dunlop, Stanford University
Herman Ermolaev's new book is an excellent contribution to this [Soviet censorship] literature and will be of interest to scholars, students, and general readers. * Slavic Review *
A revealing and detailed historical overview . . . * CHOICE *
A systematic history of Soviet Russian literature is still waiting to be written. However, when it does appear, Herman Emolaev's study of Soviet (Russian) censorship will be a key companion to it. He has produced a detailed overview of this complex phenomenon, added to it a range of important examples, and documented it all very capably. The result is a readable and usable guide to a very nasty business. -- Allan Reid * The International Fiction Review *
Table of ContentsCensorship in 1917-1931 - birth and maturation; censorship in 1932-1945 - intensification; censorship in 1946-1953 - the peak; censorship in 1953-1964 - the unstable thaw; censorship in 1965-1984 - the freeze; censorship in 1985-1991 - melting.
