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Book SynopsisThis is the first work to examine illustrated children's literature under Lenin and Stalin and to make use of rarely-explored Soviet children's books from libraries around the world.
Trade Review“Megan Swift’s Picturing the Page is a welcome new addition to the research of illustrated children’s books and children’s reading. Picturing the Page ambitiously seeks to reconstruct the relationship between illustrated children’s books and children’s reading in the context of the Soviet literature curriculum and reading culture.” -- Larissa Rudova, Pomona College and Marina Balina, Wesleyan University *
The Russian Review *
"Swift's work is invaluable to an understanding of Soviet visual culture, thanks especially to its extensive illustrations, but it will also be of great interest to scholars of children's literature." -- James H. McGavran III, Kenyon College *
Children's Literature Association Quarterly *
"Picturing the Page is an example of thorough interdisciplinary research written in an engaging manner, well supported with wonderful images." -- Natallia Kabiak, University of Melbourne *
Australian Slavonic and East European Studies *
"Car c’est bien un autre mérite de cet ouvrage original, riche et stimulant, que d’ouvrir vers différents prolongements, alors même qu’il constitue en soi une réelle avancée dans la recherche sur le livre illustré pour enfants de l’époque soviétique, tant du point de vue des objets étudiés que de la démarche adoptée." -- Cécile Pichon-Bonin, CNRS *
Cahiers du monde russe *
"Swift has created an intriguing masterpiece that will be an enjoyable read to anyone interested in children’s literature’s impact on society, Russian or otherwise." -- Jennifer Ladwig *
Publishing Research Quarterly *
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction: Picturing a New Childhood Part I: Fairy-Tale Nation 1. The Poet, the Priest, and the Peasant 2. Up, Up, and Away on the Little Humpbacked Horse Part II: The Afterlife of Russian Classics 3. The Bronze Horseman Rides Again 4. Anna Karenina and the Mother-and-Child Reunion Part III: War-Time Picture Books 5. Mayakovsky Is Marching with Us 6. Pochta: Circulation, Delivery, Return Conclusion: Yesterday and Today Notes Bibliography Index Colour Plates
