 | Proletarian Imagination: Self, Modernity, and the Sacred in Russia, 1910–1925 Subjects: Russian literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Working class writings Russian -- History and criticism; Self in literature; Holy The in literature; Working class authors -- Soviet Union; Working class authors -- Russia; Working class -- S; In fin-de-siècle and early revolutionary Russia, a group of self-educated workers produced a large body of poetry and prose in which they attempted to comprehend their rapidly changing world. Witnesses to wars and revolution, these men and women... Mark D. Steinberg is Professor of History at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is author of several books, including Moral Communities: The Culture of Class Relations in the Russian Printing Industry, 1867-1907 and Voices of Revolution, 1917 , and the coauthor of A History of Russia , 7th edition. |
