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Language and Metaphors of the Russian Revolution

Sow the Wind, Reap the Storm

Lonny Harrison

Language and Metaphors of the Russian Revolution: Sow the Wind, Reap the Storm is a panoramic history of the Russian intelligentsia and an analysis of the language and ideals of the Russian Revolution, from its inception over the long nineteenth century through fruition in early Soviet society. This volume examines metaphors for revolution in the storm, flood, and harvest imagery ubiquitous in Russian literary works. At the same time, it considers the struggle to own the narrative of modernity, including Bolshevik weaponization of language and cultural policy that supported the use of terror and social purging. This uniquely cross-disciplinary study conducts a close reading of texts that use storm, flood, and agricultural metaphors in diverse ways to represent revolution, whether in anticipation and celebration of its ideals or in resistance to the same. A spotlight is given to the lives and works of authors who responded to Soviet authoritarianism by reclaiming the narrative of revolution in the name of personal freedom and restoration of humanist values. Hinging on the clashes of culture wars and class wars and residing at the intersection of ideas at the very core of the fight for modernity, this book provides a critical reading of authoritarian discourse and investigates rare examples of the counter narratives that thrived in spite of their suppression.

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Lexington Books
Pages: 270 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½
978-1-4985-9798-2 • Hardback • December 2020 • $123.00 • (£95.00)
978-1-4985-9799-9 • eBook • December 2020 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
Series: Crosscurrents: Russia's Literature in Context
Subjects: History / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union, History / Revolutionary, History / Modern / 20th Century

Lonny Harrison is associate professor of Russian and director of the Charles T. McDowell Center for Global Studies at the University of Texas at Arlington.

Chapter 1: Origin Stories of the Russian Revolution

Chapter 2: Roots of the Russian Intelligentsia

Chapter 3: The Intelligentsia and the People

Chapter 4: An Incomparable Age

Chapter 5: Bolshevik Weaponization of Language and Culture

Chapter 6: The Lives of ‘Former People’: White Guard

Chapter 7: Fruits of Revolution: Three Soviet Novels

Chapter 8: A Defense of the Personal: Doctor Zhivago

Language and Metaphors of the Russian Revolution: Sow the Wind, Reap the Storm is an excellent introduction to Russian culture of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It is well written, easy to read, and its historical and cultural details thoroughly explained, even to the uninitiated.


— Russian Review


Language and Metaphors of the Russian Revolution

Sow the Wind, Reap the Storm

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  • Language and Metaphors of the Russian Revolution: Sow the Wind, Reap the Storm is a panoramic history of the Russian intelligentsia and an analysis of the language and ideals of the Russian Revolution, from its inception over the long nineteenth century through fruition in early Soviet society. This volume examines metaphors for revolution in the storm, flood, and harvest imagery ubiquitous in Russian literary works. At the same time, it considers the struggle to own the narrative of modernity, including Bolshevik weaponization of language and cultural policy that supported the use of terror and social purging. This uniquely cross-disciplinary study conducts a close reading of texts that use storm, flood, and agricultural metaphors in diverse ways to represent revolution, whether in anticipation and celebration of its ideals or in resistance to the same. A spotlight is given to the lives and works of authors who responded to Soviet authoritarianism by reclaiming the narrative of revolution in the name of personal freedom and restoration of humanist values. Hinging on the clashes of culture wars and class wars and residing at the intersection of ideas at the very core of the fight for modernity, this book provides a critical reading of authoritarian discourse and investigates rare examples of the counter narratives that thrived in spite of their suppression.

Details
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  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 270 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½
    978-1-4985-9798-2 • Hardback • December 2020 • $123.00 • (£95.00)
    978-1-4985-9799-9 • eBook • December 2020 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
    Series: Crosscurrents: Russia's Literature in Context
    Subjects: History / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union, History / Revolutionary, History / Modern / 20th Century
Author
Author
  • Lonny Harrison is associate professor of Russian and director of the Charles T. McDowell Center for Global Studies at the University of Texas at Arlington.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Chapter 1: Origin Stories of the Russian Revolution

    Chapter 2: Roots of the Russian Intelligentsia

    Chapter 3: The Intelligentsia and the People

    Chapter 4: An Incomparable Age

    Chapter 5: Bolshevik Weaponization of Language and Culture

    Chapter 6: The Lives of ‘Former People’: White Guard

    Chapter 7: Fruits of Revolution: Three Soviet Novels

    Chapter 8: A Defense of the Personal: Doctor Zhivago

Reviews
Reviews
  • Language and Metaphors of the Russian Revolution: Sow the Wind, Reap the Storm is an excellent introduction to Russian culture of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It is well written, easy to read, and its historical and cultural details thoroughly explained, even to the uninitiated.


    — Russian Review


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