The Cultural Origins of the Socialist Realist Aesthetic: 1890-1934 (Studies in Russian Literature and Theory) by Gutkin, Irina - 1999

Northwestern University Press, 1999-09-01. hardcover. Very Good. 6x1x9. Northwestern University Press, 1999. Hard cover, first edition. Has an inscription on the title page, otherwise VG condition with no dust jacket, as issued.

Northwestern University Press, 1999-09-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Light page creasing. Clean, unmarked pages. xi, 243 p., 24 cm. <br> The past fifteen years have seen an important shift in the way scholars look at socialist realism. Where it was seen as a straitjacket imposed by the Stalinist regime, it is now understood to be an aesthetic movement in its own right, one whose internal logic had to be understood if it was to be criticized. International specialists remain divided, however, over the provenance of Soviet aesthetic ideology, particularly over the role of the avant-garde in its emergence.