| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 337 pages) : illustrations |
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The east wind of Russianness -- John Galsworthy: is it possible to 'de-Anglicise the Englishman'? -- H.G. Wells: interpreting the 'writing on the eastern wall of Europe' -- J.M. Barrie and The truth about the Russian dancers -- D.H. Lawrence: 'Russia will certainly inherit the future' -- 'Lappin and Lapinova': Woolf's beleaguered Russian monarchs -- 'Not a story of detection, of crime and punishment, but of sin and expiation': T.S. Eliot's debt to Russia, Dostoevsky and Turgenev |
| Summary |
From Orientalism to Cultural Capital presents a fascinating account of the wave of Russophilia that pervaded British literary culture in the early twentieth century. The authors bring a new approach to the study of this period, exploring the literary phenomenon through two theoretical models from the social sciences: Orientalism and the notion of "cultural capital" associated with Pierre Bourdieu. Examining the responses of leading literary practitioners who had a significant impact on the institutional transmission of Russian culture, they reassess the mechanics of cultural dialogism, mediation and exchange, casting new light on British perceptions of modernism as a transcultural artistic movement and the ways in which the literary interaction with the myth of Russia shaped and intensified these cultural views |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-328) and index |
| Notes |
This work is licensed by Knowledge Unlatched under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode |
| Subject |
English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Literature and literary studies.
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Literature: history and criticism.
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Literary studies: general.
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Literary studies: from c 1900.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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English literature
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Literature
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| SUBJECT |
Russia -- In literature -- 20th century
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Russia
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wrenn, Angus James, author.
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| ISBN |
9781787073944 |
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1787073947 |
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3034322038 |
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9783034322034 |
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