This book, first published in 1979, provides a systematic anatomy of Russias modern authors in the context of their society at the time. Post-revolutionary Russian literature has made a profound impact on the West while still maintaining its traditional role as a vehicle for political struggle at home. Professor Hingley places their lives and work firmly in the setting of the USSRs social and political structure.
Part
1. The Historical and Literary Setting
1. General Perspectives 1.1.
Revolution 1.2. Ordeals 1.3. The Political Dimension 1.4. The Soviet Panorama
2. History and Literature 2.1. Before Stalinism 2.2. Stalins Dictatorship
2.3. After Stalin
3. Russian Authors and the World 3.1. East-West Contact
3.2. Emigration
4. Writers and their Work 4.1. Poetry 4.2. Prose Fiction 4.3.
Memoirs 4.4. Drama 4.5. Criticism Part
2. The Social and Political Spectrum
5. Peoples and Regions 5.1. The RSFSR 5.2. The Ukraine 5.3. Jews 5.4. Other
Peoples
6. The Power Structure 6.1. The Communist Party 6.2. The Ideology
6.3. Government and Administration 6.4. The Police 6.5. Concentration Camps
6.6. The Military
7. The Class System 7.1. The Workers 7.2. Peasants 7.3. The
Intelligentsia
8. Private Life 8.1. Women 8.2. The Home 8.3. Religion Part
3.
The Literary Profession
9. Movements and Theories 9.1. Pre-1932 Currents
9.2. The Union of Writers 9.3. Socialist Realism
10. Control Mechanisms 10.1.
Incentives 10.2. Censorship 10.3. Disincentives 10.4. Rehabilitation
11.
Conformists and Nonconformists 11.1. Custodians 11.2. Liberals 11.3.
Dissidents
12. From Pen to Print 12.1. Periodicals 12.2. Books 12.3. Export
Only Publications 12.4. Textual Perversions
Ronald Hingley
