{"product_id":"the-literary-field-under-communist-rule-9781618119773","title":"The Literary Field under Communist Rule","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume widens the field of Soviet literature studies by interpreting it as a multinational project, with national literatures acting not as copies of the Russian model, but as creators of a multidimensional literary space. The book proposes a reconsideration of Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of literary field and analyzes the interactions of literature, power, and economics under the communist rule. The articles selected include theoretical discussions and case studies from different national literatures presenting different structural elements of the Soviet literary field, as well as different phenomena created by the complexity of the field itself, such as the Aesopian language, state of emergency literature, or compromise as the essential element of the writers’ identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This collection brings a variety of perspectives to bear on the role and significance of literature in the USSR, specifically on the nature and function of what the editors call Soviet multinational literature. … This volume meets its stated ambition of overcoming the ‘dualistic schemes’ that often afflict research on Soviet literature through a judicious application of the concept of the literary field. The book should be of interest to students and teachers of history, politics, literature, Soviet studies, and related fields. It has a unique value for its sophisticated treatment of the subject matter and coverage of non-Russian literatures of the former USSR.” —Violeta Davoliūtė, Lithuanian Culture Research Institute, \u003ci\u003eLithuanian Historical Studies,\u003c\/i\u003e vol. 23\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This volume meets its stated ambition of overcoming the ‘dualistic schemes’ that often afflict research on Soviet literature through a judicious application of the concept of the literary field. The book should be of interest to students and teachers of history, politics, literature, Soviet studies, and related fields. It has a unique value for its sophisticated treatment of the subject matter and coverage of non-Russian literatures of the former USSR.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Violeta Davoliūtė, Lithuanian Culture Reseach Institute, \u003ci\u003eLithuanian Historical Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The great merit of this book is the fact that it attempts to go beyond the borders of studies dedicated to a specific national literature, and offers a suitable methodology for this effort. There is now a dire lack of volumes that present Soviet culture as multinational and multilingual and offer new methods of its analysis. Jurgutienė and Satkauskytė’s volume is a successful example of a discussing multinational Soviet literature.”\u003c\/p\u003e  — Yulia Kozitskaya, \u003ci\u003eAb Imperio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDalia Satkauskytė \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSoviet Literature as Theoretical and Historical Problem\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSoviet Multinational Literature: Approaches, Problems, and Perspectives of Study\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvgeny Dobrenko \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Role of Aesopian Language in the Literary Field: Autonomy in Question\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDalia Satkauskytė \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBetween Universalism and Localism: The Strategies of Soviet Lithuanian Writers and “Sandwiched” Lithuanian Ethnic Particularism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVilius Ivanauskas \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContradictions in Lithuanian Literary Field\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAtheist Autobiography: Politics, the Literary Canon, and Restructured Experience\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNerija Putinaitė \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSartre and de Beauvoir Encounter the Pensive Christ\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolveiga Daugirdaitė \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Production of Eimuntas Nekrošius’s Kvadratas as a Palimpsest of Soviet-Era Memory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLoreta Mačianskaitė \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Experiences of One Generation of Soviet Poets, Their Illusions and Choices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDonata Mitaitė \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Art of Compromise in Literary Criticism that Legitimated Soviet-era Modernism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAušra Jurgutienė \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHermeneutics of Truth and Compromise in Literatures of Other Soviet Republics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUkrainian Literature of the Late Soviet Period: The History of Three Generations of Poets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eValentyna Kharkhun \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eState of Emergency Literature: Varlam Shalamov Vs. “Progressive Humanity”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePavel Arsenev \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReading Literary History through the Archives: The Case of the Latvian Literary Journal Karogs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEva Eglāja-Kristsone \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHamlet and Folklore as Elements of the Resistance Movement in Estonian Literature\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnneli Mihkelev \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiographical Notes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Academic Studies Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359759073623,"sku":"9781618119773","price":89.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781618119773.jpg?v=1754125628","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-literary-field-under-communist-rule-9781618119773","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}