Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 239 pages) : illustrations |
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Studies of the Harriman Institute |
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Studies of the Harriman Institute.
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Contents |
The Decembrist myth in the nineteenth century -- Literariness and self-fashioning in the Decembrists' memoirs -- The image in flux in the early twentieth century -- The battle over representation during the centennial -- Centennial representations in fiction and film -- Rewriting Russian history : Stalin era presentations -- The Decembrists and dissidence : myth and anti-myth from the 1960s-1980s -- The Decembrists and dissidence : myth and anti-myth from the 1960s-1980s -- The Decembrists' desacralization during glasnost and post-Soviet Eras -- "The Decembrists are our all." |
Summary |
This book is the first interdisciplinary treatment of the mythic image of the Decembrists, a group of Russian noble officers who attempted, but failed, to overthrow the tsarist government in 1825. By exploring Russian literature, history, film and opera this book shows how the Decembrist myth evolved over time depending on political agendas. Though originally it functioned as a myth of opposition to authority and espoused self-sacrifice, it later became a legitimating myth for the Soviet regime. Ludmilla Trigos reveals how the Decembrist myth inspired generations of Russian revolutionaries and writers and still retains its hold on the Russian cultural imagination |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-222) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
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Decembrists.
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Russian literature -- History and criticism
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Russian literature -- Themes, motives
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Violence in literature.
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Revolutions in literature.
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Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 -- Russian.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Russian & Former Soviet Union.
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Literature.
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Decembrists
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Revolutions in literature
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Russian literature
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Russian literature -- Themes, motives
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Violence in literature
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Rezeption
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Dekabristen.
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Mythos.
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Kultur.
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Geschichtsschreibung.
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Literatur.
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Russisch.
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Dekabristenaufstand -- Aufstand (1825-1826)
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SUBJECT |
Russia (Federation) -- History -- December Uprising, 1825
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Russia (Federation)
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Russland
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2010279189 |
ISBN |
9780230104716 |
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0230104711 |
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9780230619166 |
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0230619169 |
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