Vasilii Grossman, Za pravoe delo [For a Just Cause]

Jekaterina Shulga (University College London)

Ed. by Neil Cornwell, University of Bristol
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 2.2.2.00: Post-1917 Writing and Culture in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, 1917-present.
Vol. editors: Neil Cornwell (University of Bristol), Roman Koropeckyj (University of California, Los Angeles), Andrei Rogatchevski (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1952

Places

Russia (Publication/ performance)
Ukraine (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Novel

Resources

Vasilii Grossman’s Za pravoe delo [For a Just Cause] reflects the fate of many novels written during the Stalin era. The book was submitted to harsh censorship and its long path to publication is an outstanding example of the Soviet state’s control over literature. This aspect of the novel is as interesting and important as the novel itself, especially because it was meticulously documented by Grossman himself. The novel is set during the Second World War and focuses primarily on the first years of the war in Stalingrad. The plot mainly centres around the Shaposhnikov family and their close friends and relatives; however, it also extends to depictions of Hitler as well as a kolkhoznik [collective farmer], …

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Citation: Shulga, Jekaterina. "Za pravoe delo". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 16 June 2011 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=21499, accessed 23 April 2024.]

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