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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819598903321

Autore

Cornwell Neil

Titolo

Odoevsky's four pathways into modern fiction : a comparative study / / Neil Cornwell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-78170-206-3

1-84779-284-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 pages) : digital file(s)

Disciplina

891.733

Soggetti

Romanticism

Fiction genres

Fiction - 19th century - History and criticism

Fiction - 20th century - History and criticism

Literature

Literary Studies: C 1500 To C 1800

LITERARY CRITICISM / Russian & Former Soviet Union

Eastern Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

9780719082092; 9780719082092; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Musicman: the musical-artistic story from Hoffmann and Odoevsky to Pasternak; 2 Starman: the rise of the 'cosmic traveler'; 3 Seerman: the rise of the psychic detective; 4 Monk: dueling confession within the novel; Conclusion; Appendix; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book takes four stories by the Russian romantic author Vladimir Odoevsky to illustrate 'pathways', developed further by subsequent writers, into modern fiction.