Chapaev and His Comrades : War and the Russian Literary Hero across the Twentieth Century
- Boston, MA Academic Studies Press 20121201
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"Across the twentieth century war was the central experience of the Russian people, spurring tales of the struggles and advances of the combat hero to become a prevailing Russian literary trope. In this wide spanning text Brintlinger traces the war experiences, memories, tropes, and metaphors in literature of the Soviet and post-Soviet period, examining the work of Dmitry Furmanov, Fyodor Gladkov, Alexander Tvardovsky, Emmanuil Kazakevich, Vera Panova, Viktor Nekrasov, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Vladimir Voinovich, Sergei Dovlatov, Vladimir Makanin, Viktor Astafiev, Viktor Pelevin, and Vasily Aksyonov. These authors represented official Soviet literature and underground or dissident literature. They fell into and out of favor, were exiled and returned to Russia, and died at home and abroad. Most importantly, each of these writers was touched by war and reacted to the state of war in their literary works. "
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English
j.ctt1zxsk2m 9781618116932;9781618119339
10.2307/j.ctt1zxsk2m doi
Arts Literary Criticism Aleksandr Tvardovsky Moscow Nikolay Nekrasov Russian literature Russians Sergei Dovlatov Soviet Union Vasily Chapayev World War II