Women in Russian Literature after Glasnost
Female Alternatives
Carol Adlam
Legenda 13 September 2005 • 148pp ISBN: 1-900755-92-0 (hardback) • RRP £80, $110, €95 ISBN: 978-1-351197-15-1 (Taylor & Francis ebook) The Russian literary world was shaken by the wide-reaching reforms of the late Soviet period (1985-91) and the Soviet Union's subsequent collapse. During this period of transition there emerged a body of writing known as 'alternative' literature, characterized by thematic, structural, and linguistic transgression of both Soviet-era values and the enduring Russian tradition of civic engagement and moral edification through literature. The extraordinary and sometimes bizarre work of the most significant women writers of the period, particularly Valeriia Narbikova, Liudmila Petrushevskaia and Nina Sadur, raises issues of gender and creative authority. But Adlam questions the extent to which labels like 'alternative' can be applied to such individual writers. Carol Adlam is Lecturer in Russian at the University of Exeter. Reviews:
Bibliography entry: Adlam, Carol, Women in Russian Literature after Glasnost: Female Alternatives (Legenda, 2005) First footnote reference: 35 Carol Adlam, Women in Russian Literature after Glasnost: Female Alternatives (Legenda, 2005), p. 21. Subsequent footnote reference: 37 Adlam, p. 47. (To see how these citations were worked out, follow this link.) Bibliography entry: Adlam, Carol. 2005. Women in Russian Literature after Glasnost: Female Alternatives (Legenda) Example citation: ‘A quotation occurring on page 21 of this work’ (Adlam 2005: 21). Example footnote reference: 35 Adlam 2005: 21. (To see how these citations were worked out, follow this link.)
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