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Record Nr.

UNINA9910306629803321

Autore

Stohler Ursula <1973->

Titolo

Disrupted idylls : nature, equality, and the feminine in sentimentalist Russian women's writing (Mariia Pospelova, Mariia Bolotnikova, and Anna Naumova) / / Ursula Stohler ; with translations by Emily Lygo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Frankfurt am Main, Germany : , : Peter Lang, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

9783653059274

9783653958119

9783653958102

9783631668030

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (357 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Slavische Literaturen Texte und Abhandlungen ; ; Band 47

Disciplina

891.7099287

Soggetti

Russian literature - Women authors - History and criticism

Women and literature - Russia

Gender identity - Russia - History

Russian literature - 18th century - History and criticism

Russian literature - 19th century - History and criticism

Sentimentalism in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

The study provides a close analysis of literary works by women in late-18th- and early-19th-century Russia, with a focus on Anna Naumova, Mariia Pospelova, and Mariia Bolotnikova. Political, social and feminist theories are applied to examine restrictions imposed on women. Women authors in particular were fettered by a culture of feminisation strongly influenced by the French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau. As Sentimentalism and its aesthetics began to give way to Romantic ideals, some provincial Russian women writers saw an opportunity to claim social equality, and to challenge traditional concepts of authorship and a view of women as mute and passive.