{"product_id":"intellectual-life-and-literature-at-solovki-1923-1930-the-paris-of-the-northern-concentration-camps-paperback","title":"Intellectual Life and Literature at Solovki 1923-1930: The Paris of the Northern Concentration Camps - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrea Gullotta\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1923, the Soviet state decided to create a prison camp on the Solovki archipelago, the site of a former monastery. It became the laboratory of the Gulag, where the techniques of labour-camp exploitation were developed. Prisoners died by the hundreds both within the walls of the monastery and in the frozen forests beyond. Yet the camp's activities in cultural re-education were surprisingly extensive. With the connivance of part of the administration, Solovki became a unique cultural citadel, where the values of a dying intelligentsia were reflected in the works and words of the prisoners, who numbered not only poets and actors but also figures such as the revered Russian scholar Dmitrii Likhachev (1906-99).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrea Gullotta's thoroughly documented study reconstructs the cultural history of the camp and provides an in-depth analysis of the literary works published in the press of the Solovki camp up until 1930, thus changing the current research frame on Gulag literature and shedding light on the extraordinary fight of an isolated group of men for intellectual freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFresh and sophisticated, well-written and highly original, Gullotta's book not only makes an important contribution to the history of Soviet literature, but also illuminates Soviet social and cultural history in 1920-30s.\u003c\/em\u003e -- Evgeny Dobrenko.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrea Gullotta is lecturer in Russian at the University of Glasgow. He has also worked for the University of Palermo, the Ca' Foscari University of Venice and the University of Padua, where he obtained his Ph.D. He is co-editor of the journal \u003cem\u003eAvtobiografiЯ\u003c\/em\u003e, which deals with life-writing and the representation of the self in Russian culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 370\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 28, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42709026930751,"sku":"9781781883631","price":28.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/b402fa862f7555df2a17388e92d0ceef.webp?v=1765049968","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/intellectual-life-and-literature-at-solovki-1923-1930-the-paris-of-the-northern-concentration-camps-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}