''Literary Encyclopedia'' (
Russian
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: Литературная энциклопедия) is a 12-volume
encyclopedia
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published in the
USSR
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
from 1929 until 1939. It contains more than 5000 entries with a focus on Russian and Soviet authors, as well as literary schools, trends, directions, and literary concepts. The 10th volume was delayed by Soviet
censors
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in 1937, rumored to be a result of concerns about the article "Russian literature" The series was halted in 1939 after the publication of the 11th volume. The 12 volume was published later based on drafts.
Volumes
* Volume 1: Abay - Byvalov (1930))
* Volume 2: Bylinas - Griboedov (1929)
* Volume 3: Grigorovich - Dyalsky (1930)
* Volume 4: The Gospel - Ishki (1930)
* Volume 5: Kaan - Kiichelbecker (1931)
* Volume 6: La Barth - (1932)
* Volume 7: Marly - German Literature (1934)
* Volume 8: German - Plutarch (1934)
* Volume 9: Pnin - Roman (1935)
* Volume 10: Romanov - "The Contemporary" (Journal of Nekrasov and II Panayeva) (1937)
* Volume 11: Stanzas - Forteguerri (1939)
* Volume 12: Fortunat - Iashvili (not completed)
Drafts and manuscripts of volumes 10 through 12 were preserved and have been used to construct the planned content. In 2005, ETS Publishing House released a CD-ROM which included some restored materials.
[ETS Publishing House (2005). ''Literary Encyclopaedia'' CD-ROM. ]
Editors and contributors
Managing Editor (Volume 1–6), Editor (Volumes 7–11):
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V. M. Fritsche (Volumes 1–2)
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A. V. Lunacharsky (Volumes 3–11)
Executive secretary (Volumes 1–5), Academic Secretary (Volumes 6–11):
*O. Beskin (Volumes 1–5)
*M. S. Gelfand (Volume 6)
*E. N. Mikhailova (Volumes 7–11)
Editorial Board:
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I. M. Bespalov (Volumes 2–4)
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P. I. Lebedev-Polyansky
*Lunacharsky
*I. L. Matza (Volumes 2–9)
*I. M. Nusinov
*
V. F. Pereverzev Valerian Fedorovich Pereverzev (Russian: Валерьян Фёдорович Переверзев; 17 October 1882 – 5 May 1968) was a Soviet Union, Soviet literary scholar and critic. He and his associates published the 1928 collection ''Literary ...
(Volumes 1–3)
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N. I. Skrypnyk (Volumes 1–6)
*V. M. Fritsche (Volumes 1–9)
See also
*''
Soviet Concise Literary Encyclopedia'' (9 volumes, 1962–1978)
References
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External links
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1929 non-fiction books
Encyclopedias of literature
Soviet encyclopedias
Russian-language encyclopedias
20th-century encyclopedias