A Tradition of Infringement: Women in Russian Literature After Glasnost

by Carol Adlam

Overview

This book examines the relationship of the Russian literary phenomenon to issues of gender and creative authority, providing detailed discussion of several of the most significant women writers of the late Soviet period, among them Valeriia Narbikova, Liudmila Petrushevskaia and Nina Sadur.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367605018
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/30/2020
Pages:	148
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Carol Adlam is Lecturer in Russian at the University of Exeter.

Table of Contents

Preface ix

1 After 1985: Russian Literature, Women and 'The Alternative' 1

2 Gender, Agency, and the Superfluous 15

3 Valeriia Narbikova 24

4 Nina Sadur 50

5 Liudmila Petrushevskaia 72

6 Conclusion: Identifying a New Tradition of Women Writers 108

Bibliography 119

Index 133