Modernism and Revolution
Author | : Victor Erlich |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 1994 |
ISBN-13 | : 0674580702 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780674580701 |
Rating | : 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Download or read book Modernism and Revolution written by Victor Erlich and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now that the political rhetoric can end, Erlich (Russian literature, Yale U.) examines the impact of the 1917 revolution on Russian poetry, criticism, and artistic prose. He looks at the flirtations with modernism of the early 20th century and compares the futurists, formalists, novelists, and short-story writers of the first decade of the new social and political order. Assumes no knowledge of Russian. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR