04061nam 2200757Ia 450 991096647890332120200520144314.0978661226977697802992088370299208834978128226977412822697712027/heb08755(CKB)1000000000723261(OCoLC)318240526(CaPaEBR)ebrary10288086(MiAaPQ)EBC3444828(MdBmJHUP)muse12229(Au-PeEL)EBL3444828(CaPaEBR)ebr10288086(CaONFJC)MIL226977(dli)HEB08755(MiU)MIU01000000000000011660275(Perlego)4424018(EXLCZ)99100000000072326120041015d2005 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierErotic utopia the decadent imagination in Russia's fin-de-siecle /Olga Matich1st ed.Madison, Wis. University of Wisconsin Pressc20051 online resource (xiii, 340 pages) illustrations9780299208806 029920880X 9780299208844 0299208842 Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-327) and index.Lev Tolstoy as early modernist : fragmenting and dissecting the body -- The meaning of the meaning of love : what is erotic about Vladimir Solov'ev's utopia? -- The case of Alexander Blok : marriage, genealogy, degeneration -- Blok's femme fatale : history as palimpsest -- Transcending gender : the case of Zinaida Gippius -- Religious philosophical meetings : celibacy contra marriage -- Vasilii Rozanov : the case of an amoral procreationist.The first generation of Russian modernists experienced a profound sense of anxiety resulting from the belief that they were living in an age of decline. What made them unique was their utopian prescription for overcoming the inevitability of decline and death both by metaphysical and physical means. They intertwined their mystical erotic discourse with European degeneration theory and its obsession with the destabilization of gender. In Erotic Utopia, Olga Matich suggests that same-sex desire underlay their most radical utopian proposal of abolishing the traditional procreative family in favor of erotically induced abstinence. 2006 Winner, CHOICE Award for Outstanding Academic Titles, Current Reviews for Academic Libraries Honorable Mention, Aldo and Jean Scaglione Prize for Studies in Slavic Languages and Literatures, Modern Language Association "Offers a fresh perspective and a wealth of new information on early Russian modernism.... It is required reading for anyone interested in fin-de-siècle Russia and in the history of sexuality in general."-Bernice Glatzer Rosenthal, Slavic and East European Journal "Thoroughly entertaining."-Avril Pyman, Slavic Review Decadent imagination in Russia's fin-de-siècleDecadence (Literary movement)RussiaDecadence (Literary movement)Soviet UnionAuthors, Russian19th centuryAttitudesAuthors, Russian20th centuryAttitudesSex in literatureRussian literature19th centuryHistory and criticismRussian literature20th centuryHistory and criticismDecadence (Literary movement)Decadence (Literary movement)Authors, RussianAttitudes.Authors, RussianAttitudes.Sex in literature.Russian literatureHistory and criticism.Russian literatureHistory and criticism.891.709/11Matich Olga864950MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910966478903321Erotic utopia1930520UNINA