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Evgenii Zamiatin's seminal antiutopian satire "We" (written 1920-1) is one of the most celebrated works of twentieth century Russian literature. Set one thousand years in the future, it is a witty yet terrifying picture of a future society in which reason is all-conquering and mankind has been enslaved by a dictator called 'the benefactor'. This new study presents both a synthesis of existing criticism and a new reading of the novel. The first section deals with "We" in the context of the Russian Civil War, showing how Zamiatin's contemporaries interpreted it as a satire on life in Soviet Russia. The major trends in the diverse body of modern criticism are then surveyed. The longer second part of the study consists of a detailed reading of the novel based on close textual analysis of the forty 'entries' of its narrator's diary.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Zamiatin
• Subtitle: "We"
• Author: Robert Russell
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 138
• EAN: 9781853993930
• ISBN: 185399393X
• ID: 05113279
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Weight: 196 g
• Dimensions: 213 × 119 × 9 mm
• Date of publishing: 24. February 2000

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