Revolution Rekindled: The Writers and Readers of Late Soviet Biography

by Polly Jones

Towards the end of the Khrushchev era, a major Soviet initiative was launched to rekindle popular enthusiasm for the revolution, which eventually gave rise to over 150 biographies and historical novels (The Fiery Revolutionaries/Plamennye revoliutsionery series), authored by many key post-Stalinist writers and published throughout late socialism until the Soviet collapse. What new meanings did revolution take on as it was reimagined by writers, including...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198804342
• ISBN13: 9780198804345
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.6"