Alexander Solzhenitsyn : A Study of the Western Reception of his Literary Writings, Historical Interpretations, and Political Ideas.

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 The Goal and the Scope of the Study -- 1.2 Review of Research Literature on the Subject -- 1.3 Theoretical and Methodological Background of the Project -- 2. Solzhenitsyn as a Writer and a Witness -- 2.1 The Style and Genre of Solzhenitsyn's camp-related Literature -- One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich -- The First Circle -- The Gulag Archipelago -- 2.2 The Experience behind the Text: Camp Literature and Witness Literature -- 2.3 The Reception of Solzhenitsyn's Camp Literature -- 2.4 Chapter Conclusion -- 3. Solzhenitsyn's Oeuvre between Aesthetics and Politics -- 3.1 Introduction to Methods and Contextualization -- 3.2 Anti-communism: Solzhenitsyn at the Heart of the Cold War -- Solzhenitsyn's Reception during the Cold War -- Solzhenitsyn in Brandt's Germany -- Solzhenitsyn in 1970's Britain and the US -- Solzhenitsyn's Late Cold War Reception -- Solzhenitsyn's Reception upon the Collapse of European Communism -- 3.3 Solzhenitsyn in Revisionist Debates -- Introduction -- Revisionism in Solzhenitsyn's Work and Reception -- Solzhenitsyn and World War II -- Solzhenitsyn and Russian Nationalism -- Solzhenitsyn and "the Jews" -- 3.4 Political Christianity -- 3.5 Comparative Chapter Conclusion -- 4. Solzhenitsyn in History -- 4.1 Solzhenitsyn and Historiography -- 4.2 Solzhenitsyn and Memory Culture in East and West -- 4.3 Chapter Conclusion -- Conclusions -- The Ethic -- The Political -- The Aesthetic -- Concluding Thoughts -- Bibliography.

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