Petersburg - Crucible of Cultural Revolution (Paper)

Preface ix Introduction: The Ecology of Revolution 1(28) 1 Revolution as Revelation: The Avant-Garde 29(25) 2 Imperial Petersburg, 1913 54(20) 3 Masquerade 74(26) 4 Theater and Revolution in the New Republic 100(22) 5 Petrograd: Ritual Capital of Revolutionary Russia 122(21) 6 NEP and the "Art of Capitulation" 143(19) 7 Revolutionary Culture Meets the Jazz Age 162(21) 8 The Establishment of Soviet Culture 183(18) 9 Promethean Linguistics 201(23) 10 Straight Talk and the Campaign against Wagner 224(18) 11 The Sacralization of Everyday Life 242(19) 12 The Ultimate Cultural Revolution 261(23) Epilogue: The Thirties 284(27) Abbreviations 311(2) Notes 313(52) Acknowledgments 365(2) Index 367