
Russian Literature, 1988-1994
The collapse of the Soviet Union brought about radical changes in the Russianliterary world. With the state''s relinquishment of control over literary production,writers acquired freedom of expression and publication. State publishinghouses, now self-supporting enterprises, stopped printing money-losing booksand turned to foreign detective novels and erotic literature, effecting a considerableshif...
The collapse of the Soviet Union brought about radical changes in the Russianliterary world. With the state''s relinquishment of control over literary production,writers acquired freedom of expression and publication. State publishinghouses, now self-supporting enterprises, stopped printing money-losing booksand turned to foreign detective novels and erotic literature, effecting a considerableshif...
