Women's Works in Stalin's Time: On Lidiia Chukovskaia and Nadezhda Mandelstam

By Beth Holmgren

Book Overview

"... Holmgren gives a superb comparative analysis of the literary legacy of the two memoirists." --Times Literary Supplement "Beth Holmgren's book is a highly original and very productive critical appraisal of the work of Likiia Chukovskaia and Nadezhda Mandelstam." --The Russian Review "This fine book, with its copious, informative notes and good bibliography, will interest students of 20th-century literature and theorists of autobiography, feminist criticism, and gender studies." --Choice "... a fascinating book that provides a powerful testament to the strength and endurance of women in a particularly ghastly period of history." --Signs "... impressive, eloquently written... an integrated comparative study of two very different female survivors of the Stalinist night." --Caryl Emerson "... a bold scholarly act.... The writing is excellent throughout." --Barbara Heldt Two extraordinary women writers are evoked as models of women's heroic roles in preserving Russian culture in Stalin's time. A fresh and eloquent approach to the literature of the Stalinist age.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253208297
• ISBN13: 9780253208293
• Release Date: November 1993
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.5" x 6.0"