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A Companion to Andrei Platonov's the Foundation Pit
Contributor(s): Seifrid, Thomas (Author)

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ISBN: 1934843083     ISBN-13: 9781934843086
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
OUR PRICE: $103.55  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 2009
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Russian & Former Soviet Union
- History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union
- Literary Criticism | Books & Reading
Dewey: 891.734
LCCN: 2009012603
Series: Studies in Russian and Slavic Literatures, Cultures, and His
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" L (1.02 lbs) 204 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Russia
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2009 pg. 259
 
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Publisher Description:
Written at the height of Stalin's first five-year plan for the industrialization of Soviet Russia and the parallel campaign to collectivize Soviet agriculture, Andrei Platonov's The Foundation Pit registers a dissonant mixture of utopian longings and despair. Furthermore, it provides essential background to Platonov's parody of the mainstream Soviet production novel, which is widely recognized as one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century Russian prose. In addition to an overview of the work's key themes, it discusses their place within Platonov's oeuvre as a whole, his troubled relations with literary officialdom, the work's ideological and political background, and key critical responses since the work's first publication in the West in 1973.
 
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