The Recurrence of Fate: Theatre and Memory in Twentieth-Century Russia (Studies Theatre Hist & Culture)

How, Why, And According To Whose Definitions And Requirements Does A Culture Self-consciously Create Memory And Project Its Fate? In This Remarkable Book, The First In English To Treat Russian History As Theatre And Cultural Performance, Spencer Golub Reveals The Performative Nature Of Russian History In The Twentieth Century And The Romantic Imprisonment/self-imprisonment Of The Creative Intelligentsia Within This Scenario. Ch. 1. Arrivals And Departures -- Ch. 2. Artists And Models -- Ch. 3. Revolutionizing Galatea -- Ch. 4. The Masking Machine -- Ch. 5. The Sleeping Idol -- Ch. 6. The Procrustean Bed -- Ch. 7. The Hamlet Gulag. Spencer Golub. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 201-262) And Index.

How, why, and according to whose definitions and requirements does a culture self-consciously create memory and project its fate? In this remarkable book—the first in English to treat Russian history as theatre and cultural performance—Spencer Golub reveals the performative nature of Russian history in the twentieth century and the romantic imprisonment/self-imprisonment of the creative intelligentsia within this scenario.