LEADER 03763nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910824738503321 005 20240418053203.0 010 $a0-299-23273-5 024 7 $a2027/heb08754 035 $a(CKB)2670000000016001 035 $a(dli)HEB08754 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000337342 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11231855 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000337342 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10289190 035 $a(PQKB)10976261 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3444894 035 $a(OCoLC)550628550 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse12385 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3444894 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10348733 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000011660274 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000016001 100 $a20090506d2009 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmnummmmuuuu 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aErotic nihilism in late imperial Russia $ethe case of Mikhail Artsybashev's Sanin /$fOtto Boele 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMadison $cUniversity of Wisconsin Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 255 p. ) $cill. ; 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-299-23274-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFrom Onegin to Bazarov: the canon of epoch-making heroes -- Sanin: a hero of our time? -- Counterliterature: the search for poetic justice -- The pornographic Roman a? these: publication, censorship, ban -- Sanin and its readers: a bible for an entire generation? -- Hardcore saninism: the case of the free love leagues -- Muscles for money: Sanin as ex-student. 330 $aBanned shortly after its publication in 1907, the Russian novel Sanin scandalized readers with the sexual exploits of its eponymous hero. Wreaking havoc on the fictional town he visits in Mikhail Artsybashev's story, the character Sanin left an even deeper imprint on the psyche of the real-life Russian public. Soon "Saninism" became the buzzword for the perceived faults of the nation. Seen as promoting a wave of hedonistic, decadent behavior, the novel was suppressed for decades, leaving behind only the rumor of its supposedly epidemic effect on a vulnerable generation of youth. Who were the Saninists, and what was their "teaching" all about? Delving into police reports, newspaper clippings, and amateur plays, Otto Boele finds that Russian youth were not at all swept away by the self-indulgent lifestyle of the novel's hero. In fact, Saninism was more smoke than fire--a figment of the public imagination triggered by anxieties about the revolution of 1905 and the twilight of the Russian empire. The reception of the novel, Boele shows, reflected much deeper worries caused by economic reforms, an increase in social mobility, and changing attitudes toward sexuality. Showing how literary criticism interacts with the age-old medium of rumor, Erotic Nihilism in Late Imperial Russia offers a meticulous analysis of the scandal's coverage in the provincial press and the reactions of young people who appealed to their peers to resist the novel's nihilistic message. By examining the complex dialogue between readers and writers, children and parents, this study provides fascinating insights into Russian culture on the eve of World War I. 410 0$aACLS Humanities E-Book. 606 $aNihilism in literature 606 $aDecadence in literature 615 0$aNihilism in literature. 615 0$aDecadence in literature. 676 $a891.73/3 700 $aBoele$b Otto$0868734 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824738503321 996 $aErotic nihilism in late imperial Russia$91939277 997 $aUNINA