Exotic Moscow under Western Eyes (Cultural Revolutions: Russia in the Twentieth Century) - Hardcover

Masing-Delic, Irene

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ISBN 10: 1934843407 ISBN 13: 9781934843406

Verlag: Academic Studies Press, 2009

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Book by MasingDelic Irene

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"Masing-Delic has brought to her readings and intertextual analyses an impressive knowledge of Russian literature and its cultural contexts, thereby opening up new perspectives. Her interpretations are grounded in the texts in such a way that the large historiosophic themes emerge naturally from her discussions rather than being theoretically imposed on them. She has admirably succeeded in combining literary interpretation with cultural history in mutually illuminating ways. Her boldly conceived and thoughtful study will be essential reading for specialists and will appeal to those interested in intertextuality, Russian literature, and cultural history."--Diane Oenning Thompson, University of Cambridge "Slavic Review " Thoughtful and nuanced original analyses on a set of topics of persistent importance within the Russian literary tradition.--Elizabeth Skomp "Slavic and East European Review "

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This collection of essays on Turgenev, Nietzsche, Goncharov, Austen, Conrad, Dostoevsky, Blok, Briusov, Gorky, Gogol, Pasternak and Nabokov is diverse, but also unified. One unifying element is the recurring distinction between "culture" and "civilization" and the vision of Russia as the bearer of culture because it retains much "barbarism." Another is the vision of a synthesis between "sense and sensibility," Apollo and Dionysus, mind and heart creating a "civilized culture." This collection of articles adds new perspectives to the much-debated opposition of a vital Russia and a declining West, offering novel interpretations of classics from "A Terrible Vengeance" to Oblomov, from "Song of Triumphant Love" to The Idiot and Doctor Zhivago to Lolita. It also discusses less well known texts, such as Gorky's "Italian Fairytales" and Briusov's early "exotic" verse.

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• Verlag: Academic Studies Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1934843407
• ISBN 13: 9781934843406
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 264