Unlike most previous studies of literature and film, which tend to privilege particular authors, texts, or literary periods, David Gillespie and Marina Korneeva consider the multiple functions of filmed Russian literature as a cinematic subject in its own right—one reflecting the specific political and aesthetic priorities of different national and historical cinemas. In this first and only comprehensive study of cinema’s various engagements of Russian literature focusing on the large period 1895-2015, The History of Russian Literature on Film highlights the ways these adaptations emerged from and continue to shape the social, artistic, and commercial aspects of film history.
List of Images
Preface
Introduction: Russian Literature and Film
Chapter One: The Early Years of Russian Film and Literary Adaptation, 1908-1919
Chapter Two: Writers in ‘the Golden Age’ of Soviet Cinema, 1920-1929
Chapter Three: Socialist Realism and Classics for the Masses, 1930-1953
Chapter Four: Adaptation and the Thaw, 1953-1964
Chapter Five: The Long Nineteenth Century, 1964-1991
Chapter Six: The Twentieth Century in the ‘Stagnation,’ 1964-1991
Chapter Seven: A New Beginning? The Post-Soviet Period, 1991-2020
Chapter Eight: Foreign Adaptations of Russian Literature, 1909-2020
Conclusion: Transferring Word to Screen
Filmography
Bibliography
Index
Height:
Width:
Spine:
Weight:0.00