LEADER 03986oam 2200661 a 450 001 9910809225103321 005 20240418053913.0 010 $a1-282-78832-9 010 $a9786612788321 010 $a0-299-22923-8 035 $a(CKB)2560000000050181 035 $a(OCoLC)698613214 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10415776 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000472914 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11284038 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000472914 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10433851 035 $a(PQKB)10532239 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse12015 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3445092 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10415776 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL278832 035 $a(OCoLC)729024936 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3445092 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000050181 100 $a20080325d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRussia's Rome $eimperial visions, messianic dreams, 1890-1940 /$fJudith E. Kalb 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMadison, Wis. $cUniversity of Wisconsin Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (314 pages) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-299-22924-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration and Translations -- Introduction: Rome Envy -- 1. The Blueprint: Dmitrii Merezhkovskii's Christ and Antichrist -- 2. Relinquishing Empire? Valerii Briusov's Roman Novels -- 3. A"Roman Bolshevik": Aleksandr Blok's "Catiline" and the Russian Revolution -- 4. The Third Rome in Exile: Refitting the Pieces in Viacheslav Ivanov's "Roman Sonnets" -- 5. Emperors in Red: The Poet and the Court in Mikhail Kuzmin's Death of Nero -- Conclusion: Bulgakov and Beyond -- Notes -- Index. 330 $aA wide-ranging study of empire, religious prophecy, and nationalism in literature, Russia's Rome: Imperial Visions, Messianic Dreams, 1890-1940 provides the first examination of Russia's self-identification with Rome during a period that encompassed the revolutions of 1905 and 1917 and the rise of the Soviet state. Analyzing Rome-related texts by six writers - Dmitrii Merezhkovskii, Valerii Briusov, Aleksandr Blok, Viacheslav Ivanov, Mikhail Kuzmin, and Mikhail Bulgakov - Judith E. Kalb argues that the myth of Russia as the "Third Rome" was resurrected to create a Rome-based discourse of Russian national identity that endured even as the empire of the tsars declined and fell and a new state replaced it. Russia generally finds itself beyond the purview of studies concerned with the ongoing potency of the classical world in modern society. Slavists, for their part, have only recently begun to note the influence of classical civilization not only during Russia's neo-classical eighteenth century but also during its modernist period. With its interdisciplinary scope, Russia's Rome fills a gap in both Russian studies and scholarship on the classical tradition, providing valuable material for scholars of Russian culture and history, classicists, and readers interested in the classical heritage. 606 $aRussian literature$y19th century$xClassical influences 606 $aRussian literature$y20th century$xClassical influences 606 $aImperialism in literature 606 $aNational characteristics, Russian, in literature 607 $aRome$xIn literature 615 0$aRussian literature$xClassical influences. 615 0$aRussian literature$xClassical influences. 615 0$aImperialism in literature. 615 0$aNational characteristics, Russian, in literature. 676 $a891.709/35837 700 $aKalb$b Judith E$01641326 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809225103321 996 $aRussia's Rome$93985388 997 $aUNINA