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oapen-20.500.12657-456152023-06-05T13:08:29Z A Companion to Andrei Platonov's "The Foundation Pit" Seifrid, Thomas Arts Literary Criticism Andrei Platonov Collective farming Joseph Stalin Platonov (play) Proletariat Soviet Union Utopia bic Book Industry Communication::D Literature & literary studies::DS Literature: history & criticism Written at the height of Stalin's first "five-year plan" for the industrialization of Soviet Russia and the parallel campaign to collectivize Soviet agriculture, Andrei Platonov's The Foundation Pit registers a dissonant mixture of utopian longings and despair. Furthermore, it provides essential background to Platonov's parody of the mainstream Soviet "production" novel, which is widely recognized as one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century Russian prose. In addition to an overview of the work's key themes, it discusses their place within Platonov's oeuvre as a whole, his troubled relations with literary officialdom, the work's ideological and political background, and key critical responses since the work's first publication in the West in 1973. 2018-01-06 23:55 2017-12-01 23:55:55 2020-03-27 03:00:25 2020-04-01T13:18:28Z 2020-04-01T13:18:28Z 2009-04-01 book 641410 OCN: 769188621 9781934843574;9781618116970;9781618119377 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/45615 eng Studies in Russian and Slavic Literatures, Cultures, and History application/pdf n/a 641410.pdf https://www.academicstudiespress.com/browse-catalog/a-companion-to-andrei-platonovs-the-foundation-pit Academic Studies Press Academic Studies Press 10.2307/j.ctt1zxsjhv 101823 10.2307/j.ctt1zxsjhv ffe92610-fbe7-449b-a2a8-02c411701a23 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781934843574;9781618116970;9781618119377 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Academic Studies Press Boston, MA 101823 KU Open Services Knowledge Unlatched open access
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Written at the height of Stalin's first "five-year plan" for the industrialization of Soviet Russia and the parallel campaign to collectivize Soviet agriculture, Andrei Platonov's The Foundation Pit registers a dissonant mixture of utopian longings and despair. Furthermore, it provides essential background to Platonov's parody of the mainstream Soviet "production" novel, which is widely recognized as one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century Russian prose. In addition to an overview of the work's key themes, it discusses their place within Platonov's oeuvre as a whole, his troubled relations with literary officialdom, the work's ideological and political background, and key critical responses since the work's first publication in the West in 1973.
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