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UNINA9910455927503321 |
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Thomson Boris |
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Titolo |
The art of compromise : the life and work of Leonid Leonov / / Boris Thomson |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2001 |
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©2001 |
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1-282-01447-1 |
9786612014475 |
1-4426-8050-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (422 p.) |
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Authors, Russian - 20th century |
Communism and literature - Soviet Union |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- A Note on Transliteration -- 1. Early Years and Literary Debut -- 2. The Badgers 1924 -- 3. The Thief 1921 -- 4. Stories and Plays 1927-1928 -- 5. The Sot' and Locusts 1930-1931 -- 6. Skutarevsky 1932 -- 7. The Road to Ocean 1935 -- 8. Three Plays 1936-1940 -- 9. The War Years 1941-1945 -- 10. An Ordinary Man and A Golden Coach 1940-1946 -- 11. The Russian Forest 1953 -- 12. The Late Revisions 1955-1962 -- 13. The Pyramid 1994 -- 14. The Art of Compromise -- Appendix: 'Zapis'na bereste' -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Although the Russian novelist and playwright Leonid Leonov had published extensively before 1917 he considered that his literary career began only in 1922 with the short story Buryga. His talent developed rapidly in the comparatively free cultural climate of the first decade of the Revolution and by 1927 his characteristic style and themes were already formed. It was in this year, however, that the Communist Party began to impose its demands on the artists and intellectuals.Leonov's beliefs and values were incompatible with the Soviet version of Marxism |
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but he tried to affirm them indirectly in his work through structure, imagery and allusion, while outwardly conforming to official demands. This manoeuvring inevitably led him into some questionable compromises which in turn damaged his reputation, both at home and abroad. Leonov himself was painfully conscious of the moral dilemmas involved and his later works return again and again to the question: is it possible to compromise without being compromised?There are fourteen chapters in the volume, each devoted to one or more of Leonov's works, setting the successive stages of his evolution against a background of changing cultural and political policies. |
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UNINA9910828319003321 |
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Autore |
Edmond Rod |
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Migrations : journeys in time and place / / Rod Edmond |
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Wellington, New Zealand : , : Bridget Williams Books, , 2013 |
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©2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (240 p.) |
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Immigrants - New Zealand |
Missionaries - New Zealand |
Scots - New Zealand |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents; Introduction; St Fergus; South Blackhill Farm; Rattray Head; Aberdeen; Free Church College; Family History; Ullapool; Searching Ullapool; The Clearances; Emigration; Ambrym I; New Hebrides Missions; The Ambrim Diary; Ambrym II; Port Vila; Saturday 28 November; Sunday 29 November; Monday 30 November; Tuesday 1 December; Wednesday 2 December; Thursday 3 December; Friday 4 December; Saturday 5 December; Sorri Ceremonies; Diaries; Tasmania; McRae's Hills; Winkleigh and Launceston; Port Arthur; New Zealand; Carterton; Feilding; Sydenham; Matawhero; Afterlives; The McLeods; |
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The Murrays |
ReturningSources; Introduction; St Fergus; Aberdeen; Ullapool; Ambrym I & Ambrym II; Tasmania; New Zealand; Afterlives; Returning; Index; List of Maps; Family Trees; Murray Family Tree ; McLeod Family Tree ; Editorial Note; About the Author; Acknowledgements; Original Print Edition Cover; Copyright and Publisher Information |
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The various paths by which two of the author's great-grandparents came to the southern hemisphere are central to this work. Their experiences of departure, displacement and un/settlement raise questions of identity for the author. |
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