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Record Nr.

UNISA996328046203316

Autore

Masing-Delic I (Irene)

Titolo

Exotic Moscow under western eyes [[electronic resource] /] / Irene Masing-Delic

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Academic Studies Press, 2009

ISBN

1-61811-851-X

1-61811-136-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cultural revolutions : Russia in the twentieth century

Disciplina

891.709/35847

Soggetti

Russian literature - History and criticism

National characteristics, Russian, in literature

Russia In literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-240) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Dialogue -- 2. Inner Divisions -- 3. Saving the Heritage -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of essays on Turgenev, Goncharov, Conrad, Dostoevsky, Blok, Briusov, Gor'kii, Pasternak and Nabokov represents diverse voices but is also unified. One invariant is the recurring distinction between "culture" and "civilization" and the vision of Russia as the bearer of culture because it is "barbaric." Another stance advocates the synthesis of "sense and sensibility" and the vision of "Apollo" and "Dionysus" creating a "civilized culture" together. Those voices that delight in the artificiality of civilization are complemented by those apprehensive of the dangers inherent in barbarism. This collection thus adds new perspectives to the much-debated opposition of vital Russia and a declining West, offering novel interpretations of classics from Oblomov to Lolita and The Idiot to Doctor Zhivago.