Vasily Yan (Vassily Grigoryevich Yanchevetsky, 1874–1954) was a writer of historical novels whose popularity survives the test of time. He was widely read throughout the Soviet era and continues to be popular in the post-Soviet era. This book is not just a biographical sketch of an important Russian/Soviet writer basically unknown to the Western public. The focus on Yan and his work also impressively demonstrates the dominant role of ideology in a totalitarian society, which is not just a socio-economic and political system of the past, but could reemerge in the future as ISIS has demonstrated. Shlapentokh shows that ideology and the cultural and intellectual life in totalitarian regimes are more complex than is often assumed. Intellectuals often enough engaged in stressful, but—in its literary outcome—captivating “cat and mouse” games with censors, the powerful, and the government.
| Delivery time | Delivery time 2-3 working days. |
| Number of Pages | 142 |
| Format | 8,3 in x 5,8 in |
| Language | English |
| Type | Paperback |
| Publication date | 30.10.2017 |
| ISBN | 978-3-8382-1017-9 |
| Weight | 185 g |
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On Dmitry Shlapentokh (ed.): “Russia between East and West: Scholarly Debates on Eurasianism, International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology” (2007, Brill)
“Skillfully edited by Russian scholar Shlapentokh.”—D. MacKenzie, University of North Carolina
On Dmitry Shlapentokh and Vladimir Shlapentokh: “Soviet Cinematography, 1918–1991: Ideological Conflict and Social Reality” (Aldine Transaction)
“A superlative, rich, advanced course in the conflict between the real Soviet world and ‘the fictional reality created by directors attempting to obey the injunctions of ideological apparatus.’ One of the most fascinating and up-to-date books ever written on Soviet film.”—P.H. Stacy, University of Hartford
On Dmitry Shlapentokh: “The French Revolution in Russian Intellectual Life: 1865–1905” (1996, Praeger)
“Brief, informative, and based on a wide range of materials, the book is a good introduction to the complex problem of the thought of the old Russian intelligentsia.”—G.E. Snow, Shippenburg University of Pennsylvania
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