Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-291) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Writing the event -- Part 1. The drama of October. The power of the story ; The drama of power ; Apotheosis of October -- Part 2. The memory of October. Istpart and the institutionalization of memory ; "How not to write the history of October" ; The lessons of October : the twentieth anniversary of 1905 ; Truth and poetry : the tenth anniversary of October -- Conclusion: Experiencing October -- Epilogue.
Summary
'Telling October' chronicles the construction of an official 'foundation narrative' by the Soviet Union as the new state sought to legitimise itself by portraying the October Revolution as the inevitable culmination of a historical process.
