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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781119303321

Autore

Hokanson Katya

Titolo

Writing at Russia's border / / Katya Hokanson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2008

©2008

ISBN

1-4426-9181-6

1-4426-8966-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 p.)

Disciplina

891.709/003

Soggetti

Russian literature - 19th century - History and criticism

National characteristics, Russian, in literature

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Pushkin, 'The captive of the Caucasus, ' and Russia's entry into history -- The poetry of empire : 'The fountain of Bakhchisarai' and 'The gypsies' -- Centering the periphery : Eugene Onegin, 'Onegin's journey, ' and 'A journey to Arzrum' -- the future of Russia in the mirror of the Caspian : hybridity and Narodnost' in Ammalat-bek and A hero of our time -- Tolstoy on the margins -- Appendix: Aleksandr Pushkin's 'The captive of the Caucasus, ' a translation.

Sommario/riassunto

Writing at Russia's Border upends popular ideas of national cultural production and is a fascinating study of the social implications of nineteenth-century Russian literature.