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Russian Literature A Very Short Introduction
Author | : Catriona Kelly |
Publsiher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 2001-08-23 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0191577502 |
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This book is intended to capture the interest of anyone who has been attracted to Russian culture through the greats of Russian literature, either through the texts themselves, or encountering them in the cinema, or opera. Rather than a conventional chronology of Russian literature, the book will explore the place and importance of literature of all sorts in Russian culture. How and when did a Russian national literature come into being? What shaped its creation? How have the Russians regarded their literary language? The book will uses the figure of Pushkin, 'the Russian Shakespeare' as a recurring example as his work influenced every Russian writer who came after hime, whether poets or novelists. It will look at such questions as why Russian writers are venerated, how they've been interpreted inside Russia and beyond, and the influences of such things as the folk tale tradition, orthodox religion, and the West ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Secret Journal 1836 1837
Author | : Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 98 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0916201074 |
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Russian Literature and Its Demons
Author | : Pamela Davidson |
Publsiher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 552 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1571817581 |
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Merezhkovsky's bold claim that "all Russian literature is, to a certain degree, a struggle with the temptation of demonism" is undoubtedly justified. And yet, despite its evident centrality to Russian culture, the unique and fascinating phenomenon of Russian literary demonism has so far received little critical attention. This substantial collection fills the gap. A comprehensive analytical introduction by the editor is follwed by a series of fourteen essays, written by eminent scholars in their fields. The first part explores the main shaping contexts of literary demonism: the Russian Orthodox and folk tradition, the demonization of historical figures, and views of art as intrinsically demonic. The second part traces the development of a literary tradition of demonism in the works of authors ranging from Pushkin and Lermontov, Gogol and Dostoevsky, through to the poets and prose writers of modernism (including Blok, Akhmatova, Bely, Sologub, Rozanov, Zamiatin), and through to the end of the 20th century.
The Image of Christ in Russian Literature
Author | : John Givens |
Publsiher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 393 |
Release | : 2018-05-29 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781609092382 |
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Vladimir Nabokov complained about the number of Dostoevsky's characters "sinning their way to Jesus." In truth, Christ is an elusive figure not only in Dostoevsky's novels, but in Russian literature as a whole. The rise of the historical critical method of biblical criticism in the nineteenth century and the growth of secularism it stimulated made an earnest affirmation of Jesus in literature highly problematic. If they affirmed Jesus too directly, writers paradoxically risked diminishing him, either by deploying faith explanations that no longer persuade in an age of skepticism or by reducing Christ to a mere argument in an ideological dispute. The writers at the heart of this study understood that to reimage Christ for their age, they had to make him known through indirect, even negative ways, lest what they say about him be mistaken for cliché, doctrine, or naïve apologetics. The Christology of Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Mikhail Bulgakov, and Boris Pasternak is thus apophatic because they deploy negative formulations (saying what God is not) in their writings about Jesus. Professions of atheism in Dostoevsky and Tolstoy's non-divine Jesus are but separate negative paths toward truer discernment of Christ. This first study in English of the image of Christ in Russian literature highlights the importance of apophaticism as a theological practice and a literary method in understanding the Russian Christ. It also emphasizes the importance of skepticism in Russian literary attitudes toward Jesus on the part of writers whose private crucibles of doubt produced some of the most provocative and enduring images of Christ in world literature. This important study will appeal to scholars and students of Orthodox Christianity and Russian literature, as well as educated general readers interested in religion and nineteenth-century Russian novels.
Russian Stories
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 1892 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : CORNELL:31924087987206 |
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Translating Great Russian Literature
Author | : Cathy McAteer |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 2021-01-03 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 9781000343434 |
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Launched in 1950, Penguin’s Russian Classics quickly progressed to include translations of many great works of Russian literature and the series came to be regarded by readers, both academic and general, as the de facto provider of classic Russian literature in English translation, the legacy of which reputation resonates right up to the present day. Through an analysis of the individuals involved, their agendas, and their socio-cultural context, this book, based on extensive original research, examines how Penguin’s decisions and practices when translating and publishing the series played a significant role in deciding how Russian literature would be produced and marketed in English translation. As such the book represents a major contribution to Translation Studies, to the study of Russian literature, to book history and to the history of publishing.
Reference Guide to Russian Literature
Author | : Neil Cornwell |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 1020 |
Release | : 2013-12-02 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781134260775 |
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First Published in 1998. This volume will surely be regarded as the standard guide to Russian literature for some considerable time to come... It is therefore confidently recommended for addition to reference libraries, be they academic or public.
A History of Russian Literature
Author | : Victor Terras |
Publsiher | : New Haven : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 654 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0300049714 |
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Surveys Russian literature from the eleventh century to the present, set within the context of political, social, religious, and philisophical developments