The Recurrence of Fate: Theatre and Memory in Twentieth-Century Russia (Studies Theatre Hist & Culture)

"How, why, and according to whose definitions and requirements does a culture self-consciously create memory and project its fate. In this remarkable book--the first in English to treat Russian history as theatre and cultural performance--Spencer Golub reveals the performative nature of Russian history in the twentieth century and romantic imprisonment / self-imprisonment of the creative intelligentsia within this scenario." (back cover)