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1 online resource (195 pages) : illustrations, portrait |
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Studies in Russian and Slavic literatures, cultures and history |
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Studies in Russian and Slavic literatures, cultures and history.
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| Contents |
Platonov's life -- Intellectual influences on Platonov -- The literary context of The foundation pit -- The political context of The foundation pit -- The foundation pit itself |
| Summary |
Written at the height of Stalin's first "five-year plan" for the industrialization of Soviet Russia and the parallel campaign to collectivize Soviet agriculture, Andrei Platonov's The Foundation Pit registers a dissonant mixture of utopian longings and despair. Furthermore, it provides essential background to Platonov's parody of the mainstream Soviet "production" novel, which is widely recognized as one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century Russian prose. In addition to an overview of the work's key themes, it discusses their place within Platonov's oeuvre as a whole, his troubled relations with literary officialdom, the work's ideological and political background, and key critical responses since the work's first publication in the West in 1973 |
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Arts |
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Literary Criticism |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-185) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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This work is licensed by Knowledge Unlatched under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode |
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English |
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Print version record |
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| Subject |
880-01 Platonov, Andreĭ Platonovich, 1899-1951. Kotlovan.
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880-01/(Q Platonov, Andrei⁺ї Platonovich, 1899-1951 -- Criticism and interpretation |
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Platonov, Andreĭ Platonovich, 1899-1951 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Platonov, Andreĭ Platonovich, 1899-1951 fast |
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Platonov, Andrej P. Kotlovan. swd |
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Kotlovan (Platonov, Andreĭ Platonovich) fast |
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Politics and literature -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Russian & Former Soviet Union.
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Politics and literature
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Soviet Union
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Platonov, Andreĭ Platonovich, 1899-1951.
Kotlovan. English.
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| ISBN |
9781618110015 |
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1618110012 |
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9781618116970 |
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1618116975 |
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