| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 292 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Cambridge introductions to literature |
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Cambridge introductions to literature.
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| Contents |
Critical models, committed readers, and three Russian ideas -- Heroes and their plots -- Traditional narratives -- Western eyes on Russian realities : the eighteenth century -- The astonishing nineteenth century : romanticisms -- Realisms : Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov -- Symbolist and modernist world-building : three cities, three novels, and the devil -- The Stalin years : socialist realism, anti-fascist fairy tales, wilderness -- Coming to terms and seeking new terms : from the first Thaw (1956) to the end of the millennium |
| Summary |
Caryl Emerson weaves a narrative of recurring themes and fascinations across several centuries of Russian literature. Beginning with traditional Russian narratives, the book proceeds chronologically and thematically, juxtaposing literary texts from each period |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-284) and index |
| Subject |
Russian literature -- History and criticism
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Russian literature -- Themes, motives
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Russian & Former Soviet Union.
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Russian literature -- History and criticism.
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Russian literature -- Themes, motives.
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Russian literature -- History and criticism.
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Russian literature -- Themes, motives.
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Russian literature
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Russian literature -- Themes, motives
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Literatur
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Russisch.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Einführung.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780511410512 |
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0511410514 |
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9780511649943 |
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0511649940 |
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9780511816956 |
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0511816952 |
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9786612390333 |
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6612390336 |
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