Ilya Ehrenburg and the Communist Century
The present study is focused on Ilya Ehrenburg’s work in its testimonial relation with the communist century. First, Stanomir discusses Ehrenburg’s famous under-dimensioned novel The Thaw, which created such an intense intellectual debate that its title eventually became the denomination of the whole communist atmosphere following Stalin’s death. Then, the author of the study compares also Ehrenburg’s monumental memoirs, People, Years, Life with Nadezhda Mandelstam’s diptych, Hope Against Hope and Hope Abandoned, observing by comparison Ehrenburg’s irredeemable communist character and adhesion. Even when pretending to be disillusioned and critical towards the regime, Ehrenburg actually behaves like an intellectual ambassador ot the Soviet Union.
Keywords: history of communism, history of the Soviet Union, communism and intellectuals, Ilya Ehrenburg, Nadezhda Mandelstam
1. O analiză a semnificaţiei romanului lui Ehrenburg, la E. H, Towards a Soviet bourgeoisie?: Implications of “The Thaw” and “The Seasons”, The World Today, Vol. 11, No. 7 (Jul., 1955), pp. 300-308.
2. Despre cariera lui Ehrenburg, o analiză a lui Henry Gifford, “The White Crow: Ilya Ehrenburg”, Grand Street, Vol. 4, No. 2 (Winter, 1985), pp. 217-225.
3. Imaginea lui Ehrenburg, de Janus bifrons, este sugerată în analiza lui Hongor Oulanoff, “Ilya Erenburg, The Janus of Soviet Literature”, Canadian Slavonic Papers / Revue Canadienne des Slavistes, Vol. 11, No. 2 (Summer, 1969), pp. 236-250
4. Războiul din Spania este un moment cheie în angajamentul antifascist sovietic. A se vedea Daniel Kowalsky, “The Soviet Cinematic Offensive in the Spanish Civil War”, Film History, Vol. 19, No. 1, Chasing Reality (2007), pp. 7-19.
5. Despre rolul acestui Comitet Antifascist, Shimon Redlich, “The Jewish Antifascist Committee in the Soviet Union”, “Jewish Social Studies, Vol. 31, No. 1 (Jan., 1969), pp. 25-36.
