Title Greetings, Pushkin! : Stalinist cultural politics and the Russian national bard / Jonathan Brooks Platt

Published Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource Series Pitt series in Russian and East European studies Series in Russian and East European studies Contents Introduction: Pushkin in the Time of Stalin -- The Russian Bard in the Land of Soviets -- Learning to Live with Pushkin : Pedagogical Texts and Practices -- Pushkin Today : Critical and Scholarly Writing -- Transfixed at the Threshold : Visual Art and Ekphrastic Writing -- History on Horseback : Literature, Drama, and Film -- Conclusion: The Legacy of the Jubilee Summary "In 1937, the Soviet Union mounted a national celebration commemorating the centenary of poet Alexander Pushkin's death. Though already a beloved national literary figure, the scale and feverish pitch of the Pushkin festival was unprecedented. Greetings, Pushkin! presents the first in-depth study of this historic event and follows its manifestations in art, literature, popular culture, education, and politics, while also examining its philosophical underpinnings. Jonathan Brooks Platt looks deeply into the motivations behind the Soviet glorification of a long-dead poet--seemingly at odds with the October Revolution's radical break with the past. He views the Pushkin celebration as a conjunction of two opposing approaches to time and modernity: monumentalism, which points to specific moments and individuals as the origin point for cultural narratives, and eschatology, which glorifies ruptures in the chain of art or thought and the destruction of canons. In the midst of the Great Purge, the Pushkin jubilee was a critical element in the drive toward a nationalist discourse that attempted to unify and subsume the disparate elements of the Soviet Union, supporting the move to 'socialism in one country'"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837 -- Anniversaries, etc Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837 Nationalism -- Soviet Union -- History Popular culture -- Soviet Union -- History Politics and literature -- Soviet Union -- History Cultural policy -- History Eschatology -- Political aspects -- Soviet Union -- History Monuments -- Political aspects -- Soviet Union -- History Festivals -- Political aspects -- Soviet Union -- History HISTORY -- Europe -- Russia & the Former Soviet Union. HISTORY -- General. Anniversaries Cultural policy Festivals -- Political aspects Intellectual life Monuments -- Political aspects Nationalism Politics and government Politics and literature Popular culture Soviet Union -- Intellectual life -- 1917-1970. Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1936-1953. Soviet Union Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780822981428 0822981424

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