| The New Russian Book: A Graphic Cultural History Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Pristed, Birgitte Beck (Author) |
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ISBN: 3319844695 ISBN-13: 9783319844695 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $123.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Books & Reading - Literary Criticism | European - General - Language Arts & Disciplines | Publishers & Publishing Industry |
| Dewey: 002 |
| Series: New Directions in Book History |
| Physical Information: 343 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book takes up the obtrusive problem of visual representation of fiction in contemporary Russian book design. By analyzing a broad variety of book covers, the study offers an absolutely unique material that illustrates a radically changing notion of literature in the transformation of Soviet print culture to a post-Soviet book market. It delivers a profound and critical exploration of Russian visual imaginary of classic, popular, and contemporary prose. Among all the carelessly bungled covers of mass-published post-Soviet series the study identifies gems from experimental designers. By taking a comparative approach to the clash of two formerly separate book cultures, the Western and the Soviet, that results both in a mixture of highbrow and lowbrow forms and in ideological re-interpretations of the literary works, this book contributes to opening an East-West dialogue between the fields of Russian studies, contemporary book and media history, art, design, and visual studies. |