No Accident, Comrade
No Accident, Comrade

Author: Steven Belletto

Publisher: OUP USA

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 215

ISBN-13: 0199826889

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Presents an examination of American novels and nonfiction texts, published between 1947 and 2005, that looks at the concept of chance and how it was denied in the Soviet Union.

Before 12:01 and After
Before 12:01 and After

Author: Richard A. Lupoff

Publisher: Gateway

Published: 2016-04-28

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 1473208696

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Before 12:01 and After is a collection of science fiction, fantasy, mystery and horror stories by Richard A. Lupoff, collecting the best of his short fiction from his long writing career. It contains the following stories: "Mr. Greene and the Monster" "BOOM!" "Incident in the 14th St. BMT" "After the Dreamtime" "12:01 P.M." "Venus-Ah, Venus!" "With the Evening News" "Saltzman's Madness" "God of the Naked Unicorn" "Nebogipfel at the End of Time" "Mort in Bed" "Stroka Prospekt" "Two Sort-Of Adventures" "Blinky Henderson Again" "The Digital Wristwatch of Philip K. Dick" "Snow Ghosts" "Triptych" "The House on Rue Chartres" "The Doom That Came to Dunwich" "The Woodstock West Killer" "Easy Living" "Dogwalker" "A Funny Thing Happened..."

Vladimir Nabokov in Context
Vladimir Nabokov in Context

Author: David M. Bethea

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-05-24

Total Pages: 660

ISBN-13: 1108608094

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Vladimir Nabokov, bilingual writer of dazzling masterpieces, is a phenomenon that both resists and requires contextualization. This book challenges the myth of Nabokov as a sole genius who worked in isolation from his surroundings, as it seeks to anchor his work firmly within the historical, cultural, intellectual and political contexts of the turbulent twentieth century. Vladimir Nabokov in Context maps the ever-changing sites, people, cultures and ideologies of his itinerant life which shaped the production and reception of his work. Concise and lively essays by leading scholars reveal a complex relationship of mutual influence between Nabokov's work and his environment. Appealing to a wide community of literary scholars this timely companion to Nabokov's writing offers new insights and approaches to one of the most important, and yet most elusive writers of modern literature.

Trotsky’s Challenge
Trotsky’s Challenge

Author: Frederick Corney

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2015-11-24

Total Pages: 854

ISBN-13: 9004306668

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In Trotsky’s Challenge: The ‘Literary Discussion’ of 1924 and the Fight for the Bolshevik Revolution, Frederick C. Corney examines the political polemic surrounding the publication of Trotsky’s The Lessons of October. Trotsky’s analysis ran counter to the efforts of Bolshevik leaders to fashion the narrative of October as a foundation event in which the Bolshevik Party, under the clear-sighted leadership of Lenin, played a major role in bringing about a radical socialist revolution in Russia. Corney has translated into English the major contributions to this polemic, annotated them, and written an extensive contextualising introduction, examining the polemic for its impact not only on the figure of Trotsky, but also on the changing political culture of the 1920s and 1930s.

The Cold War
The Cold War

Author: Konrad H. Jarausch

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2017-02-06

Total Pages: 317

ISBN-13: 3110492679

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The traces of the Cold War are still visible in many places all around the world. It is the topic of exhibits and new museums, of memorial days and historic sites, of documentaries and movies, of arts and culture. There are historical and political controversies, both nationally and internationally, about how the history of the Cold War should be told and taught, how it should be represented and remembered. While much has been written about the political history of the Cold War, the analysis of its memory and representation is just beginning. Bringing together a wide range of scholars, this volume describes and analyzes the cultural history and representation of the Cold War from an international perspective. That innovative approach focuses on master narratives of the Cold War, places of memory, public and private memorialization, popular culture, and schoolbooks. Due to its unique status as a center of Cold War confrontation and competition, Cold War memory in Berlin receives a special emphasis. With the friendly support of the Wilson Center.