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The History of Russian Literature on Film provides evidence both of the central role such adaptations have played in the history of Russian and Soviet cinema and of the volume’s ambition. This book follows the evolution of cinematic readings of the nineteenth-century classics, from Pushkin to Chekhov, and a large number of Soviet writers, providing a useful source of information for further research. * Julian Graffy, Professor Emeritus of Russian Literature and Film, University College London, UK *
This book is the first comprehensive exploration of the adaptation of Russian literature into film, offering a detailed survey of Russian films from 1908 to 2020, as well as a brief consideration of select foreign films.
The History of Russian Literature on Film will be the point of departure for untold journeys that explore the transfer of the Russian written word to the visual vocabulary of film. * Frederick H. White, Professor of Russian and Integrated Studies, Utah Valley University, USA *
The History of Russian Literature on Film provides a highly readable and fully comprehensive overview of film adaptations of Russian literature from over a century of cinema, to the present day, in Russia, the former Soviet Union and beyond. It is the most in-depth and extensive account of its kind. * Jeremy Hicks, Professor of Russian Culture and Film, Queen Mary University of London, UK *
Table of ContentsList of Images Preface Introduction: Russian Literature and Film Chapter One: The Early Years of Russian Film and Literary Adaptation, 1908-1919 Chapter Two: Writers in ‘the Golden Age’ of Soviet Cinema, 1920-1929 Chapter Three: Socialist Realism and Classics for the Masses, 1930-1953 Chapter Four: Adaptation and the Thaw, 1953-1964 Chapter Five: The Long Nineteenth Century, 1964-1991 Chapter Six: The Twentieth Century in the ‘Stagnation,’ 1964-1991 Chapter Seven: A New Beginning? The Post-Soviet Period, 1991-2020 Chapter Eight: Foreign Adaptations of Russian Literature, 1909-2020 Conclusion: Transferring Word to Screen
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