How, why, and according to whose definitions and requirements does a culture self-consciously create memory and project its fate? In this remarkable book—the first in English to treat Russian history as theatre and cultural performance—Spencer Golub reveals the performative nature of Russian history in the twentieth century and the romantic imprisonment/self-imprisonment of the creative intelligentsia within this scenario.
How, why, and according to whose definitions and requirements does a culture self-consciously create memory and project its fate? In this remarkable book—the first in English to treat Russian history as theatre and cultural performance—Spencer Golub reveals the performative nature of Russian history in the twentieth century and the romantic imprisonment/self-imprisonment of the creative intelligentsia within this scenario.
The Recurrence of Fate: Theatre and Memory in Twentieth-Century Russia
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The Recurrence of Fate: Theatre and Memory in Twentieth-Century Russia
293
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781587290886 |
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| Publisher: | University of Iowa Press |
| Publication date: | 04/01/1994 |
| Series: | Studies Theatre Hist & Culture |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 293 |
| File size: | 3 MB |