| Description |
1 online resource (264 p.) |
| Series |
Cultural Revolutions: Russia in the Twentieth Century |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Dialogue -- 2. Inner Divisions -- 3. Saving the Heritage -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
This collection of essays on Turgenev, Goncharov, Conrad, Dostoevsky, Blok, Briusov, Gor'kii, Pasternak and Nabokov represents diverse voices but is also unified. One invariant is the recurring distinction between "culture" and "civilization" and the vision of Russia as the bearer of culture because it is "barbaric." Another stance advocates the synthesis of "sense and sensibility" and the vision of "Apollo" and "Dionysus" creating a "civilized culture" together. Those voices that delight in the artificiality of civilization are complemented by those apprehensive of the dangers inherent in barbarism. This collection thus adds new perspectives to the much-debated opposition of vital Russia and a declining West, offering novel interpretations of classics from Oblomov to Lolita and The Idiot to Doctor Zhivago |
| Notes |
In English |
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019) |
| Subject |
Russian literature -- History and criticism
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National characteristics, Russian, in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM / Russian & Former Soviet Union.
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Literature
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National characteristics, Russian, in literature
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Russian literature
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| SUBJECT |
Russia -- In literature
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| Subject |
Russia
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781618118516 |
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161811851X |
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