Dostoevsky and Soviet Film: Visions of Demonic Realism
by LARY, N.M
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1986. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (23.5cm); full red cloth, blocked and titled in brown and gilt on spine; dustjacket; 279,[1]pp; illus. Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket, showing some trivial wear. "Dostoevsky and Soviet Film blends three major motifs with ease and elegance: an analysis of all films produced in the Soviet Union which used Dostoevsky's fiction, as well as those planned but never realised; a history of the Soviet film industry spanning prerevolutionary days to the present; and an exploration of the dual challenge of art and politics which Soviet film has consistently had to face" (from flap text).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44746
- Title
- Dostoevsky and Soviet Film: Visions of Demonic Realism
- Author
- LARY, N.M
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Place of Publication
- Ithaca
- Date Published
- 1986
- Bookseller catalogs
- Soviet Union;
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- Octavo
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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