First published in 1986, Soviet Fiction since Stalin presents a comprehensive overview of the literature of the post Stalin period in the Soviet Union. The rapid advances in science and technology in these years are reflected in the themes of many of the major novelists.

Rosalind J. Marsh was an undergraduate at Newnham College, Cambridge and conducted her doctoral research at Lady Margaret Hall and St Antony's College, Oxford. She is Professor Emeritus of Russian Studies at the University of Bath, UK, where she was also former Director of the Centre for Women's Studies. She is also a member of Wolfson College, Oxford, and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. She is a former President of the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies (BASEES), and the founder of the BASEES/Routledge book series on Russian and East European Studies. Much of her research focuses on post-Stalin literature, history and politics

New Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Part I: Political and Social Aspects of Soviet Science: The Literary Evidence 1. The Effect of Stalinism on Science and Technology 2. Science and Technology in The Post-Stalin Era 1953-64 3. Science and Technology in The Post-Khrushchev Era Part II: The Literature in the Wider Context 4. The Cult of Science 5. The Ambivalent View of Science 6. Science and Religion Part III: Science, Literature and Public Policy 7. Science, Literature and Public Policy Conclusion Select Bibliography Index