Soviet Culture and Power A History in Documents, 1917-1953

Name: Soviet Culture and Power A History in Documents, 1917-1953
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ISBN: 9780300106466

ISBN-10: 0300106467

ISBN-13: 9780300106466

Edition: 2007

Authors: Katerina Clark, Evgeny Dobrenko, Andrei Artizov, Oleg V. Naumov, Marian Schwartz

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Leaders of the Soviet Union, Stalin chief among them, well understood the power of art, and their response was to attempt to control and direct it in every way possible. This book examines Soviet cultural politics from the Revolution to Stalin's death in 1953. Drawing on a wealth of newly released documents from the archives of the former Soviet Union, the book provides remarkable insight on relations between Gorky, Pasternak, Babel, Meyerhold, Shostakovich, Eisenstein, and many other intellectuals, and the Soviet leadership. Stalin's role in directing these relations, and his literary judgments and personal biases, will astonish many. The documents presented in this volume reflect the…

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List price: $79.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 9/28/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 576
Size: 0.62" wide x 0.95" long x 0.16" tall
Weight: 2.046
Language: English

Katerina Clark is Professor of Comparative Literature and Slavic Languages and Literatures, Yale University.



Introduction


Note on Transliteration


Note on the Documents


Soviet Organizational Acronyms and Abbreviations



The Twenties


Introduction: The Bolshevization of Culture, 1917-1932



"Prohibit Travel..."



"The Utterly Indecent Proposal to Preserve the Bolshoi Theater"



Organizing the "Artistic Milieu": The Era of NEP



The Organization of Proletarian Art: The Cultural Revolution



"Gorky, Whom No One Takes Seriously in Politics"



Work with the "Anti-Soviet Intelligentsia"



The Thirties


Introduction: The Culture of High Stalinism, 1932-1941



The Demise of RAPP



The Writers' Congress



The Gorky Factor



The Union of Soviet Writers



Stalin and the Moscow Art Theater



The Anti-Formalist Campaign



The Campaign for a Patriotic Culture



The Censorship



Presenting the Image of the Leader



Stalin as Patron-Potentate



Reports on Writers from the NKVD and Soviet Officials



Petitions to Stalin



The Stalin-Sholokhov Exchange



The Porties


Introduction: The Culture of Late Stalinism, 1941-1953



The Literary Front: The War



The Literary Front: "Zhdanovism" and Beyond



"The Most Important Art"



"Moments Musicaux"



"The Revolution Has Ended at the Point Where It Began"


Notes


Glossary of Names


List of Documents


Index