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This pioneering study documents the extent and diversity of the impact of Nietzschean ideas on Soviet literature and culture. It shows for the first time how these ideas, unacknowledged and reworked, entered and shaped that culture and stimulated the imagination of both supporters and detractors of the regime. It addresses key peculiarities of the Soviet reception of Nietzsche - the role of the prerevolutionary interest in the occult, the way revolution figured as an allegorical subject, the intertwining of art and ideology in the obsession with creating a new culture, the continuing Russian interest in Nietzsche as a religious thinker, and the manner in which censorship affected the dynamic of reception and influence. The book offers a fresh perspective on the origins, formative years, and subsequent development of Soviet literature and culture, and raises new issues for research and discussion.Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-139780521452816
eBay Product ID (ePID)87130205
Product Key Features
Number of Pages440 Pages
Publication NameNietzsche and Soviet Culture: Ally and Adversary
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory
Publication Year1994
TypeTextbook
AuthorBernice Glatzer Rosenthal
SeriesCambridge Studies in Russian Literature
Dimensions
Item Height216 mm
Item Weight654 g
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EditorBernice Glatzer Rosenthal
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom