Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1104272 Russian Literature 2008 29 Pages PDF
Abstract

The article traces the history of the mock trials of literary characters, from its origins in pre-revolutionary Russia's grammar schools to public performances both at émigré and Soviet cultural gatherings. The mock trials are treated as a form of what might be termed “popular scholarship” (“narodnaia filologiia”). The mock trials' influence on the show trials of the Stalin era is explored.

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