05696nam 22015255 450 991079381040332120231222140027.01-64469-295-31-64469-079-910.1515/9781644690796(PPN)274020866(CKB)4100000009937022(MiAaPQ)EBC5984061(DE-B1597)541038(OCoLC)1129199973(DE-B1597)9781644690796(EXLCZ)99410000000993702220200229h20192019 fg engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierA Reader's Companion to Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita /J.A.E. CurtisBoston, MA :Academic Studies Press,[2019]©20191 online resource (192 pages)Companions to Russian Literature1-64469-078-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter --Contents --Foreword --1. Bulgakov's Life: Formative Years and First Successes-1891-1928 --2. Bulgakov's Life: Battling the Censor, and Writing The Master and Margarita-1929-40 --3. Drafts of The Master and Margarita --4. Publication History of The Master and Margarita in Russian --5. A Tale of Two Cities: The Structure of The Master and Margarita --6. Woland: Good and Evil in The Master and Margarita --7. Pilate and Ieshua: Biblical Themes in The Master and Margarita --8. Political Satire in The Master and Margarita --9. Literature and the Writer in The Master and Margarita --10. "So who are you, then?" Narrative voices in The Master and Margarita, Followed by a Stylistic Analysis of Extracts from the Text --11. English Translations of The Master and Margarita --Afterword-A Personal Reflection --Acknowledgements --Notes --Bibliography --IndexMikhail Bulgakov's novel The Master and Margarita, set in Stalin's Moscow, is an intriguing work with a complex structure, wonderful comic episodes and moments of great beauty. Readers are often left tantalized but uncertain how to understand its rich meanings. To what extent is it political? Or religious? And how should we interpret the Satanic Woland? This Reader's Companion offers readers a biographical introduction, and analyses of the structure and the main themes of the novel. More curious readers will also enjoy the accounts of the novel's writing and publication history, alongside analyses of the work's astonishing linguistic complexity and a review of available English translations.Companions to Russian literature.20th century literatureBulgakovChristianityFaustGogolJerusalemMagical RealismMoscowPontius PilateRussiaRussian literatureSoviet UnionSoviet literatureStalinStalinismThe Master and Margaritaatheismdark comedygood and evilmodern literaturemodernismoccultoppressed writerspolitical satirepropagandasatirethe Biblethe DeviltranslationLITERARY CRITICISM / Russian & Former Soviet Unionbisacsh20th century literature.Bulgakov.Christianity.Faust.Gogol.Jerusalem.Magical Realism.Moscow.Pontius Pilate.Russia.Russian literature.Soviet Union.Soviet literature.Stalin.Stalinism.The Master and Margarita.atheism.dark comedy.good and evil.modern literature.modernism.occult.oppressed writers.political satire.propaganda.satire.the Bible.the Devil.translation.20th century literature.Bulgakov.Christianity.Faust.Gogol.Jerusalem.Magical Realism.Moscow.Pontius Pilate.Russia.Russian literature.Soviet Union.Soviet literature.Stalin.Stalinism.The Master and Margarita.atheism.dark comedy.good and evil.modern literature.modernism.occult.oppressed writers.political satire.propaganda.satire.the Bible.the Devil.translation.LITERARY CRITICISM / Russian & Former Soviet Union.891.73/42Curtis J.A.E.authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1524659DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910793810403321A Reader's Companion to Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita3765650UNINA