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The Mongol Conquests in the Novels of Vasily Yan: An Intellectual Biography

The Mongol Conquests in the Novels of Vasily Yan: An Intellectual Biography

Shlapentokh, Dmitry

Paperback

Series: Literature and Culture in Central and Eastern Europe

Literary CriticismRussian History

ISBN10: 3838210875
ISBN13: 9783838210872
Publisher: Ibidem Pr
Published: Oct 31 2017
Pages: 130
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.80 Depth: 8.20
Language: English

Vasily Yan (Vassily Grigoryevich Yanchevetsky, 1874-1954) was a writer of historical novels whose popularity survives the test of time. He was widely read throughout the Soviet era and continues to be popular in the post-Soviet era. This book is not just a biographical sketch of an important Russian/Soviet writer basically unknown to the Western public. The focus on Yan and his work also demonstrates the role of ideology in a totalitarian society. Shlapentokh shows that ideology and cultural and intellectual life in totalitarian regimes are more complex than is often assumed. Intellectuals often engaged in stressful, but--in its literary outcome--captivating cat and mouse games with censors, the powerful, and the government.

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