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Enlighten and Punish: The Functions of Censorship in the Russian Empire in the Mid-19th Century

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Enlighten and Punish: The Functions of Censorship in the Russian Empire in the Mid-19th Century
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One of the most dangerous properties of censorship is the collective unwillingness to comprehend the enormous consequences that its actions have for society. In nineteenth-century Russia, it was one of the main instruments through which the state influenced literary life. But is the common perception of censors as mindless agents of repressive policy and of writers as champions of pure freedom of speech correct? In Kirill Zubkov's book, the relationship between literature and censorship in Russia at that time is presented as a complex network of interactions, irreducible to the unilinear pressure of censors on writers. The author explores this subject on the basis of several illustrative cases related to the activities of two major writers - Ivan Goncharov, who himself held the position of censor, and Alexander Ostrovsky, who was often the subject of attention of the censor's staff.
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