Erika Haber's analysis of the interplay between literature and culture in the Soviet Union of the 1970s and 1980s breaks new ground not only in our understanding of this relationship, but also in our appreciation of the literary genre popularized at that time by the Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez magical realism. The Soviets perceived Garcia Marquez as a Socialist, and they sanctioned his magical realism when other writing styles were outlawed as a natural extension of socialist realism. Haber discusses the use of magical realism in Soviet literature, focusing especially on two...
Erika Haber's analysis of the interplay between literature and culture in the Soviet Union of the 1970s and 1980s breaks new ground not only in our un...
In 1939, Aleksandr Volkov published Wizard of the Emerald City, a revised version of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Erika Haber demonstrates how the works of both Baum and Volkov evolved from being popular children's literature and became compelling and enduring cultural icons in both the US and USSR/Russia, despite being dismissed and ignored for many years.
In 1939, Aleksandr Volkov published Wizard of the Emerald City, a revised version of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Erika Haber demonstra...
