1st Edition

The Feminine in the Prose of Andrey Platonov

By Philip Bullock Copyright 2005
238 Pages
by Routledge

238 Pages
by Routledge

Andrey Platonovich Platonov (1899-1951) is increasingly regarded as one of the greatest writers of the Soviet period. His linguistic virtuosity, philosophical rigour and political unorthodoxy combined to create some of the most captivatingly absurd works of literature in any language. Unsurprisingly, many of these remained unpublished in his lifetime, and indeed for many years thereafter. In this... Read more
Acknowledgements, Conventions, Introduction, 1. 1922-1929: The Origin of a Master, 2. 1930-1936: The Woman Question is Solved, 3. 1936—1946: The End of an Odyssey, Conclusion, Bibliography, Index

Biography

Philip Bullock