History in a Grotesque Key : Russian Literature and the Idea of Revolution

Author
Platt, Kevin M. F.
Publisher
Stanford
Published
19970901
ISBN
9780804728348
ISBN registration area
English-language area (ISBN 978-0)

Description

This book examines Russian literary works-some canonical but most obscure-since the time of Peter the Great that bring the lens of the grotesque to bear on the theory and practice of revolutionary social transformation in Russia.