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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791164103321

Autore

Rylkova Galina

Titolo

Archaeology of Anxiety [[electronic resource] ] : The Russian Silver Age and its Legacy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University of Pittsburgh Press, 2014

ISBN

0-8229-7335-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Collana

Pitt Russian East European

Disciplina

891

Soggetti

Russian literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Russian literature - 20th century - Political aspects

Russian literature - 20th century - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. Introduction: Anxiety and the Russian Silver Age""; ""2. Literature and Revolution: The Case of Aleksandr Blok""; ""3. The Russian Silver Age: Its Makers and Undertakers""; ""4. No "Room of Her Own": Anna Akhmatova's Tenure in Soviet Culture""; ""5. The Winged Eavesdropper: Kuzmin and Nabokov""; ""6. The Silver Age in Translation: Boris Pasternak's  Doctor Zhivago""; ""7. Braving the Thaw: Anna Akhmatova in the 1950's and  the 1960's""; ""8. The Apocalypse Revisited: Viktor Erofeev's Russian Beauty""; ""9. Coda: The Silver Age Up Close""

""Appendix: Original Russian Texts""""Notes""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

The "Silver Age" (c. 1890-1917) has been one of the most intensely studied topics in Russian literary studies, and for years scholars have been struggling with its precise definition. Firmly established in the Russian cultural psyche, it continues to influence both literature and mass media. The Archaeology of Anxiety is the first extended analysis of why the Silver Age occupies such prominence in Russian collective consciousness.  Galina Rylkova examines the Silver Age as a cultural construct-the byproduct of an anxiety that permeated society in reaction to the social, political, and cultural