City of the devil: Bulgakovian Moscow and the search for the stalinist subject

Rethinking History

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-53

  Vyleta, Daniel Mark ^a  

^a GIRTON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bulgakov; Self; Stalin; Subjectivity; Terror; USSR

Indexed keywords

EID: 60949301182     PISSN: 13642529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/136425200363005     Document Type: Review

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