Twentieth-Century Russian Drama from Gorky to the Present

Harold B. Segel

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Twentieth-Century Russian Drama from Gorky to the Present

Harold B. Segel

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1979

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Looks at the golden years of the Russian theater during the late 19th and early 20th centuries by looking at the Moscow Art Theater, Stanislovsky, the Method, and the avant-garde of Meyerhold, Tairov, and Vakhtangov.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	XV
ONE In Search of the New Russian: Gorky‘s Prerevolutionary Plays Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
TWO. Gorky's Later Plays: The Soviet Period Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
THREE. The Revolt Against Naturalism: Symbolism, Neo-Romanticism, and Theatricalism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
FOUR. The 1920s and Early 1930s: The Revolution and the Civil War in Russian Drama Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
FIVE. The 1920s and Early 1930s. Social Comedy, Absurd and Grotesque NEP Satire, Melodrama Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	182
SIX. Out of the Mainstream: Serapions and Oberiuty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	222
SEVEN. The 1930s: Socialist Construction and Socialist Realism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
EIGHT. The Fantasy World of Yevgeni Shvarts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281
NINE. The Gathering Clouds: On the Eve of War Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295
TEN. The War Years Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305
ELEVEN. The "Freeze" of 1946 to 1952 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	318
TWELVE. The "Thaw" of 1953 and 1954 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	333
THIRTEEN. From the Twentieth Party Congress to 1959: The "Year of Protest" and Its Aftermath Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	342
FOURTEEN. The New Theatricalism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	360
FIFTEEN. The Dissidents: Ivanov, Amalrik, Solzhenitsyn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	380
SIXTEEN. From Dissent to Divertissement: The 1960s and 1970s Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	407
Appendix: Guide to Pronunciation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	457
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	465
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	475
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	491

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May 6, 2019

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9780231898843

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502

https://doi.org/10.7312/sege94472

eBook ISBN: 9780231898843

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Twentieth-Century Russian Drama from Gorky to the Present

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