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Fifty-Five Years with Russia
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Magnus Ljunggren
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English
Published/Copyright:
2016
About this book
Professor Magnus Ljunggren looks back over his meetings with leading members of the Russian intelligentsia and their struggle with the totalitarian structures of Soviet and post-Soviet society.
Author / Editor information
Magnus Ljunggren defended his doctoral thesis, “The Dream of Rebirth: A Study of Andrej Belyj’s Novel Peterburg,” at Stockholm University in 1982. He is presently professor emeritus of Russian language and literature at the University of Gothenburg. His most important monograph is The Russian Mephisto: A Study of the Life and Work of Emilii Medtner (1994).
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Fedor B. Poljakov, Professor of Russian and East-European Literature, University of Vienna:
"Magnus Ljunggren's history allows us to revisit many lesser-known chapters from the cultural history of Russia's twentieth century. Like an experienced stage director, in his emotionally charged narrative he shows the interconnections between the history of culture and the struggle for intellectual freedom. The author selects his details masterfully, avoiding polemics and describing famous artists and scholars who, in the face of difficult circumstances, did not betray their ideals. Ljunggren's book is a valuable witness testimony to the era."
"Magnus Ljunggren's history allows us to revisit many lesser-known chapters from the cultural history of Russia's twentieth century. Like an experienced stage director, in his emotionally charged narrative he shows the interconnections between the history of culture and the struggle for intellectual freedom. The author selects his details masterfully, avoiding polemics and describing famous artists and scholars who, in the face of difficult circumstances, did not betray their ideals. Ljunggren's book is a valuable witness testimony to the era."
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October 31, 2016
eBook ISBN:
9781618115393
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104
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9781618115393
Keywords for this book
Memoirs; Russian and Slavic Literatures; Cultures; History; Russian intelligentsia; liberalizing XXII Party Congress; Soviet and post-Soviet society; Symbolism; civil rights; Bulat Okudzhava; Yevgeny Yevtushenko; Joseph Brodsky; Viktor Shklovsky; Lidia Chukovskaya; Nina Berberova
Audience(s) for this book
College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;General/trade;
