Russian literature
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Group Author: | ; |
Published: |
Polity,
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Publisher Address: | Cambridge [England] Malden, MA |
Publication Dates: | 2009. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Cultural history of literature |
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Carrier Form: | xi, 316 p.: ill. ; 23 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780745636856 0745636853 0745636861 (pbk.) 9780745636863 (pbk.) |
Index Number: | I512 |
CLC: |
I512.09 I512 I512.06 |
Call Number: | I512/W114 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [302]-307) and index. Introduction: Labyrinth of links: Russian literature and its cultural contexts -- The origins: Russian Medieval culture -- The spirit of Peter: Russian culture in the eighteenth century -- The spirit of poetry: Russian culture in the age of Alexander I (1801-25) -- The Russian idea: the quest for national identity in nineteenth-century Russian culture -- Russian psychology: the quest for personal identity in nineteenth-century Russian culture -- Life as theatre: Russian modernism -- The art of the future: the Russian avant-garde -- The future as present: Soviet culture -- After the future: Russian thaw culture -- Instead of the apocalypse: Russian culture today -- Conclusion: whither Russian literature. |