LEADER 03487nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910814705503321 005 20240501091549.0 010 $a1-282-49314-0 010 $a9786612493140 010 $a0-7391-2998-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000539538 035 $a(EBL)467107 035 $a(OCoLC)250670054 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000218488 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12074240 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000218488 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10219804 035 $a(PQKB)11178691 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC467107 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL467107 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10353393 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL249314 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000539538 100 $a20080414d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPassion, humiliation, revenge $ehatred in man-woman relationships in the 19th and 20th century Russian novel /$fRina Lapidus 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLanham, MD $cLexington Books$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (182 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7391-2747-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 157-166) and index. 327 $aThe evolution of attitudes towards female characters in Russian literature : an historical overview -- Spiritual and physical murder between man and woman : Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov -- Woman as sexual predator in Russian literary tradition : Tolstoy, Zoschenko and Trifonov -- Woman's infidelity as the cause for man's devastation : Tolstoy, Flaubert, Leskov, Turgenev, Kuprin, and Chekhov -- Anxiety about the strong woman : Turgenev, Leskov, and Bulgakov -- Surrogate for man-woman relations in post-war Soviet literature : Vasilyiev, Grossman, and Rasputin -- The eunuch as hero in late-Soviet and Perestroika literature : Dovlatov, Nagibin, and Polyakov -- Man as an object in literature by women : Shcherbakova, Rubina, Ulitskaya, Petrushevskaya, and Grekova -- Conclusion : sex as an animal act beyond comprehension. 330 $aThis book reveals the phenomenon in Russian prose in which a male protagonist finds himself perpetuating a cycle of passion, humiliation, and revenge within his relationships with women. By examining the mental and emotional state of the male protagonistwho finds himself in a sexual situation, Rina Lapidus explores how his passion for a woman leads the man into an encounter that causes him humiliation and ends up eliciting a powerful desire on his part to punish the woman who initially arouses his eroticfeeling. The male protagonist directs his fury at the woman, seeking vengeance because of t 606 $aRussian literature$y19th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aRussian literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aMan-woman relationships in literature 606 $aSex in literature 606 $aRevenge in literature 615 0$aRussian literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aRussian literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aMan-woman relationships in literature. 615 0$aSex in literature. 615 0$aRevenge in literature. 676 $a891.73/3093543 700 $aLapidus$b Rina$0850401 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814705503321 996 $aPassion, humiliation, revenge$93936949 997 $aUNINA