The Literary Field under Communist Rule

“This collection brings a variety of perspectives to bear on the role and significance of literature in the USSR, specifically on the nature and function of what the editors call Soviet multinational literature. … This volume meets its stated ambition of overcoming the ‘dualistic schemes’ that often afflict research on Soviet literature through a judicious application of the concept of the literary field. The book should be of interest to students and teachers of history, politics, literature, Soviet studies, and related fields. It has a unique value for its sophisticated treatment of the subject matter and coverage of non-Russian literatures of the former USSR.” —Violeta Davoliūtė, Lithuanian Culture Research Institute, Lithuanian Historical Studies, vol. 23

“This volume meets its stated ambition of overcoming the ‘dualistic schemes’ that often afflict research on Soviet literature through a judicious application of the concept of the literary field. The book should be of interest to students and teachers of history, politics, literature, Soviet studies, and related fields. It has a unique value for its sophisticated treatment of the subject matter and coverage of non-Russian literatures of the former USSR.”

—Violeta Davoliūtė, Lithuanian Culture Reseach Institute, Lithuanian Historical Studies

“The great merit of this book is the fact that it attempts to go beyond
the borders of studies dedicated to a specific national literature, and offers
a suitable methodology for this effort. There is now a dire lack of volumes
that present Soviet culture as multinational and multilingual and offer new
methods of its analysis. Jurgutienė and Satkauskytė’s volume is a successful
example of a discussing multinational Soviet literature.”

— Yulia Kozitskaya, Ab Imperio