A comprehensive bio-critical study of Mikhail Bulgakov’s life, marriages, and major works under Soviet censorship and Stalinist repression.
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A comprehensive bio-critical study of Mikhail Bulgakov’s life, marriages, and major works under Soviet censorship and Stalinist repression.
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Ellendea Proffer is a well-known Bulgakov expert, translator and publisher. She is known for Mikhail Life & Work (1984); translations of Bulgakov's plays and prose; numerous articles and introductions, most prominently the Notes and Afterword to the Burgin-O'Connor translation of Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Biographical accounts of marriages and personal relationships
Violence & gore
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Civil War, medical trauma, and violent episodes in his fiction discussed
Profanity
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No evidence found in available sources
Substance use
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Discusses morphine use and addiction from his medical career
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No evidence found in available sources
Religious content
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Theology family background; Christian themes in his fiction analyzed
Magic & witchcraft
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Supernatural fantasy elements in his fiction discussed as literature
Occult / demonology
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Demonic figures and Satan motifs in Master and Margarita analyzed
Political content
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Soviet politics, Stalinism, and censorship are central throughout
Self-harm / suicide
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No evidence found in available sources
Abuse & suffering
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Artist persecution, bans, and hardship under the Soviet regime
Other
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