The readers of Novyi Mir : coming to terms with the Stalinist past

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In the "Thaw" following Stalin's death, probing conversations about the nation's violent past took place in the literary journal Novyi mir (New World). Readers' letters reveal that discussion of the Terror was central to intellectual and political life during the USSR's...

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Main Author: Kozlov, Denis, 1973-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2013
Subjects:
Novyĭ mir > History.
Literature and society > Soviet Union.
Reader-response criticism > Social aspects > Soviet Union.
Authors and readers > Soviet Union.
Russian periodicals > Soviet Union > History.
Russian literature > Social aspects > Soviet Union.
Terror in literature.
Terror > Soviet Union > Public opinion.
Soviet Union > History > Public opinion.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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Summary:In the "Thaw" following Stalin's death, probing conversations about the nation's violent past took place in the literary journal Novyi mir (New World). Readers' letters reveal that discussion of the Terror was central to intellectual and political life during the USSR's last decades. Denis Kozlov shows how minds change, even in a closed society.
Physical Description:1 online resource (431 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780674075061
0674075064
Language:In English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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