Maxim Gorky: A Political Biography

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An examination of Gorky's active participation in the political, social and cultural life of his country during a crucial period in modern history, this volume traces Gorky's rise to fame in his country and abroad. It explores how he came close to Lenin and the Bolsheviks, taking active part in the Revolution of 1905 and how he went into an exile that lasted until 1913, returning on the eve of World War I. His involvement in the revolutions of February and October 1917 is covered along with his second exile of 1921 and the subsequent event s up to his death in 1936.

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.,."admirable in its examination of both old and the new material with the goal of de-mythologizing Gorky's political biography. Yeldin has laid a foundation for further research and given Gorky scholars many new avenues to pursue."-Slavic and East European Journal
...admirable in its examination of both old and the new material with the goal of de-mythologizing Gorky's political biography. Yeldin has laid a foundation for further research and given Gorky scholars many new avenues to pursue.-Slavic and East European Journal
This book, an excellent survey of Gor'kii's political life and thinking, enriched with a wonderful selection of quotations from Gor'kii's and from those who knew him, is a valuable step toward a full understanding of this exceptionally central and appropriately complex figure in Russia's dramatic, and often traumatic, historical experience of the first half of the twentieth century.-Slavic Review
..."admirable in its examination of both old and the new material with the goal of de-mythologizing Gorky's political biography. Yeldin has laid a foundation for further research and given Gorky scholars many new avenues to pursue."-Slavic and East European Journal
"This book, an excellent survey of Gor'kii's political life and thinking, enriched with a wonderful selection of quotations from Gor'kii's and from those who knew him, is a valuable step toward a full understanding of this exceptionally central and appropriately complex figure in Russia's dramatic, and often traumatic, historical experience of the first half of the twentieth century."-Slavic Review

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TOVAH YEDLIN is Professor Emerita in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies and the Division of Slavic and East European Studies, University of Alberta, Canada. In addition to her translations and articles, Professor Yedlin is the editor of Women in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union (Praeger, 1980).