Fifty-Five Years with Russia

Magnus Ljunggren (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

104 Seiten

2016
Academic Studies Press (Verlag)
978-1-61811-538-6 (ISBN)

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The academic career of Professor Magnus Ljunggren spans more than a half century. Here he looks back over his meetings with leading members of the Russian intelligentsia who, from the liberalizing Twenty-Second Party Congress, in 1961, to the present, have struggled with the totalitarian structures of Soviet and post-Soviet society. culture. His memoirs As a scholar, Ljunggren has focused on Andrei Bely’s prose, Russian Symbolism and Russian Silver Agereflect on how his study of Symbolism and his commitment to the Russian civil rights movement over the years have stimulated each other and contributed to a deeper understanding of Russia’s distinctive character. Ljunggren’s gallery of intimate and colorful portraits includes prominent cultural figures such as Bulat Okudzhava, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Joseph Brodsky, Viktor Shklovsky, Lidia Chukovskaya, and Nina Berberova.

Magnus Ljunggren defended his doctoral thesis, "The Dream of Rebirth: A Study of Andrej Belyj's Novel Peterburg," at Stockholm University in 1982. He is presently professor emeritus of Russian language and literature at the University of Gothenburg. His most important monograph is The Russian Mephisto: A Study of the Life and Work of Emilii Medtner (1994).

Erscheinungsdatum	19.11.2016
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Russian and Slavic Literatures, Cultures, and History
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	Brighton
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
ISBN-10	1-61811-538-3 / 1618115383
ISBN-13	978-1-61811-538-6 / 9781618115386
Zustand	Neuware