Description: Epic Revisionism : Russian History And Literature As Stalinist Propaganda, Paperback by Platt, Kevin M. F. (EDT); Brandenberger, David (EDT), ISBN 0299215040, ISBN-13 9780299215040, Brand New, Free P&P in the UK The USSR equivalent of Orwell's Ministry of Truth must have worked overtime to churn out the newspaper articles, curriculum and literature that supported the concept that Stalinism was not only good but consistent with history. In this collection of articles and primary documents we find how czarist-era heroes somehow found their way into Stalinist mass culture; the result is not only informative but disturbing. Here propagandists reconcile Tolstoi to his homeland by asserting that Stalinists know how to celebrate jubilees, Peter the Great is rehabilitated, and even Ivan the Terrible becomes a comic hero. Others brought back to serve the era of gulags include Pushkin, Nevskii, Leskov, Susanin and Lermentov, and the editors include articles about how the past serves the present that serve as cautionary tales in themselves. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()
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Book Title: Epic Revisionism : Russian History And Literature As Stalinist Pr
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Publication Year: 2006
Subject: History
Number of Pages: 976 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Epic Revisionism: Russian History and Literature As Stalinist Propaganda
Type: Study Guide
Author: Kevin M.F. Platt, David Brandenberger
Subject Area: Regional History
Format: Paperback
