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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462630903321

Titolo

The birth of the body [[electronic resource] ] : Russian erotic prose of the first half of the twentieth century : a reader / / translated and edited by Alexei Lalo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2013

ISBN

1-283-85428-7

90-04-24206-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (166 p.)

Collana

Russian history and culture ; ; 12

Altri autori (Persone)

LaloAlexei

Disciplina

891.708

891.70803538

Soggetti

Erotic literature, Russian - 20th century

Russian literature - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Selected Excerpts / Vasilii Rozanov -- In the Fog / Leonid Andreyev -- Seasickness / Aleksandr Kuprin -- The Tsarina of Kisses / Fyodor Sologub -- About Pornography / Vladislav Khodasevich -- The Decay of the Atom / Georgii Ivanov -- Without Bird Cherry / Panteleymon Romanov -- Isanka / Vikentii Veresaev -- Recommended Further Reading.

Sommario/riassunto

This concise reader/anthology of Russian and Soviet erotic prose written between 1900 and 1940 consists of three parts: Silver Age writings, interwar émigré literature, and early Soviet fiction. It was not the author’s intention to select the most accomplished works dedicated to the theme of sexuality and eroticism. Rather, the choice for the most part fell upon texts previously unavailable in English and thus less known to readers who do not read in Russian. In addition, these works give a good idea of how the “birth of the body” in Russian literature and culture actually happened and of the laborious, difficult nature of this birth.