a selection of articles, reviews, and resources
This collection of Victor Serge web links offers a selection of essays, book reviews, and articles related to the Russian novelist, historian, and revolutionary. Since his death in 1947, Serge’s work has been largely ignored outside a small coterie of enthusiasts, but his reputation has gradually spread internationally in the post cold war era.
Victor Serge and The Novel of Revolution – an essay by Richard Greeman, Serge scholar and translator (1991).
Unforgiving Years – an extended book review by Roy Johnson of Serge’s last great novel (2009).
Men in Prison – a book review by Roy Johnson, originally part of an essay which appeared in Literature and History
The Cycle of Revolution: Men in Prison – an essay by Adam David Morton, part of his series relating literature to space, geography, and the city (2012).
Red Petrograd: Conquered City – an essay by Adam David Morton, part of his series relating literature to space, geography, and the city (2012).
The Case of Comrade Tulayev– an extended book review by Roy Johnson, (2010).
The Journey into Defeat: The Case of Comrade Tulayev– an essay by Adam David Morton, part of his series relating literature to space, geography, and the city (2012).
Midnight in the Century – extended book review by Roy Johnson (2010).
The Zero Hour: Midnight in the Century – an essay by Adam David Morton, part of his series relating literature to space, geography, and the city (2012).
Memoirs of a Revolutionary – an extended book review by Richard Greeman of Susan Weissman’s The Course is Set on Hope. Originally published in Issue 94 of INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM JOURNAL, Published Spring 2002 Copyright © International Socialism.
Victor Serge Papers – Yale University archive
Revolutionary & Novelist – a biographical sketch (2009).
Victor Serge – an introduction to his work – brief notes on Serge’s major fiction and non-fiction (2008).
Victor Serge at Wikipedia – biographical notes, political ideas, works available in English, and web links.
Victor Serge and Socialism – an essay by Peter Sedgwick, first published in International Socialism (1st series), No.14, Autumn 1963, pp.17-23.
Writing for the Future – an essay by Pete Glatter, first published in International Socialism 2:76, September 1997. Copyright © 1997 International Socialism.
A Requiem for Paris: The Long Dusk – an essay by Adam David Morton, part of his series relating literature to space, geography, and the city (2012).
The City as Protagonist: Birth of Our Power – essay by Adam David Morton, part of his series relating literature to space, geography, and the city (2012).
On Victor Serge as Vagabond Witness – a review by Adam Morton of Paul Gordon’s Vagabond Witness: Victor Serge and the Politics of Hope (2013).
Victor Serge: A Political Biography – a review by Roy Johnson of Susan Weissman’s study of Serge’s politics as an intransigent Left Oppositionist (2013).
© Roy Johnson 2010
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