Abstract
The legendary Russian biography series, The Lives of Remarkable People, has played a significant role in Russian culture from its inception in 1890 until today. The longest running biography series in world literature, it spans three centuries and widely divergent political and cultural epochs: Imperial, Soviet, and Post-Soviet Russia. The authors argue that the treatment of biographical figures in the series is a case study for continuities and changes in Russian national identity over time. Biography in Russia and elsewhere remains a most influential literary genre and the distinctive approach and branding of the series has made it the economic engine of its publisher, Molodaia gvardiia. The centrality of biographies of major literary figures in the series reflects their heightened importance in Russian culture. The contributors examine the ways that biographies of Russia's foremost writers shaped the literary canon while mirroring the political and social realities of both the subjects’ and their biographers' times. Starting with Alexander Pushkin and ending with Joseph Brodsky, the authors analyze the interplay of research and imagination in biographical narrative, the changing perceptions of what constitutes literary greatness, and the subversive possibilities of biography during eras of political censorship.
Schlagworte
Propaganda and Censorship Russian Literature Canon Formation Literary Politics Mass Readership Cultural Studies National Identity Biography Studies- 301–314 Bibliography 301–314
- 315–336 Index 315–336
- 337–340 About the Contributors 337–340
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- „... triumphalist vision of Russian national identity. While not evidently written to serve these priorities of the ...” „... Perhaps it is notable that when he won the national “Big Book” (Bolshaya kniga) prize in 2007 it was for a ...” „... national pride (441).The catastrophes of 1929, which in the end involved the banning of four of Bulgakov’s ...”
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