Focusing on a number of historical and literary personalities who were regarded with disdain in the aftermath of the 1917 revolutionfigures such as Peter the Great, Ivan the Terrible, Alexander Pushkin, Leo Tolstoy, and Mikhail LermontovEpic Revisionism tells the fascinating story of these individuals’ return to canonical status during the darkest days of the Stalin era. An inherently interdisciplinary project, Epic Revisionism features pieces on literary and cultural history, film, opera, and theater. This volume pairs scholarly essays with selections drawn from Stalin-era primary sourcesnewspaper articles, unpublished archival documents, short storiesto provide students and specialists with the richest possible understanding of this understudied phenomenon in modern Russian history.
Focusing on a number of historical and literary personalities who were regarded with disdain in the aftermath of the 1917 revolutionfigures such as Peter the Great, Ivan the Terrible, Alexander Pushkin, Leo Tolstoy, and Mikhail LermontovEpic Revisionism tells the fascinating story of these individuals’ return to canonical status during the darkest days of the Stalin era. An inherently interdisciplinary project, Epic Revisionism features pieces on literary and cultural history, film, opera, and theater. This volume pairs scholarly essays with selections drawn from Stalin-era primary sourcesnewspaper articles, unpublished archival documents, short storiesto provide students and specialists with the richest possible understanding of this understudied phenomenon in modern Russian history.
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