Russians Abroad: Literary and Cultural Politics of Diaspora (1919-1939)

by Greta N. Slobin and Mark Slobin

Book Overview

This book presents an array of perspectives on the vivid cultural and literary politics that marked the period immediately after the October Revolution of 1917, when Russian writers had to relocate to Berlin and Paris under harsh conditions. Divided amongst themselves and uncertain about the political and artistic directions of life in the diaspora, these writers carried on two simultaneous literary dialogues: with the emerging Soviet Union and with...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1618112147
• ISBN13: 9781618112149
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Academic Studies Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"