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Author Jones, Polly, 1975- author.

Title Revolution rekindled : the writers and readers of late Soviet biography / Polly Jones
Edition First edition
Published Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 296 pages)
Summary Towards the end of the Khrushchev era, a major Soviet initiative was launched to rekindle enthusiasm for the revolution, giving rise to over 150 biographies and historical novels, authored by prominent dissidents, leading historians, and popular historical novelists. What new meanings did revolution take on as it was reimagined by these writers?
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource, title from web page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed June 3, 2020)
Subject Patriotic literature, Russian -- Themes, motives
Historical fiction, Russian -- History and criticism
Biographical fiction, Russian -- History and criticism
Politics and literature -- Soviet Union -- History
Biographical fiction, Russian
Historical fiction, Russian
Historiography
Politics and literature
SUBJECT Russian literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Soviet Union -- Biography
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Historiography
Subject Soviet Union
Genre/Form Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0192526480
9780191842658
0191842656
9780192526489