Abstract

This chapter, which examines the relation between politics and literature in Russia, identifies ten historically powerful beliefs about the relationship between literature, politics, and national identity in Russia. These include the belief that Russians read more than any other people; that literature is where the formation of politics, prophecy, and national identity took place in Russia; and that one text would be on everyone's mind at a given time. The chapter also explores the struggle between texts and the state over the centuries in an archetypal Russian contest of kto kogo? (who will prevail over whom?).

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