Writer or Censor: I. A. Goncharov’s Service in the Departments of Censorship, and the Evolution of Professional Ethics for Censors and Writers in Russia in the 1850s and 1860s

Зубков К. Ю.

In this chapter I attempt to demonstrate that Goncharov’s career in censorship can be explored as a classic case that sheds light on the development of the public sphere in Russia, which underwent significant transformations during the first half of the reign of Alexander II. In the course of these transformations in the 1850s and 1860s, there was a dramatic change in the perceptions of the relationship in Russia between the literary and censorial professions which, in many respects, impacted Goncharov’s reputation and his assertions with respect to his own censorial career.

Keywords: бюрократия, цензура, bureaucracy, публичная сфера, public sphere, censorship, Ivan Goncharov, Гончаров

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Goncharov in the Twenty-First Century

Balakin A., Guskov S., Ivantsov V., Juharyan V., Kleespies I., Kokobobo A., Koroliov S., McFadden D., Parts L., Sobol V., Zubkov K. Academic Studies Press, 2021.