Women's Works in Stalin's Time

"... Holmgren gives a superb comparative analysis of the literary legacy of the two memoirists." -- Times Literary Supplement"Beth Holmgren's book is a highly original and very productive critical appraisal of the work of Likiia Chukovskaia and Nadezhda Mandelstam." -- The Russian Review"This fine book, with its copious, informative notes and good bibliography, will interest students of 20th-century literature and theorists of autobiography, feminist criticism, and gender studies."  -- Choice"... a fascinating book that provides a powerful testament to the strength and endurance of women in a particularly ghastly period of history." -- Signs"... impressive, eloquently written... an integrated comparative study of two very different female survivors of the Stalinist night." -- Caryl Emerson"... a bold scholarly act.... The writing is excellent throughout." -- Barbara HeldtTwo extraordinary women writers are evoked as models of women's heroic roles in preserving Russian culture in Stalin's time. A fresh and eloquent approach to the literature of the Stalinist age.