LEADER 04061nam 2200757Ia 450 001 9910966478903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786612269776 010 $a9780299208837 010 $a0299208834 010 $a9781282269774 010 $a1282269771 024 7 $a2027/heb08755 035 $a(CKB)1000000000723261 035 $a(OCoLC)318240526 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10288086 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3444828 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse12229 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3444828 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10288086 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL226977 035 $a(dli)HEB08755 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000011660275 035 $a(Perlego)4424018 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000723261 100 $a20041015d2005 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aErotic utopia $ethe decadent imagination in Russia's fin-de-siecle /$fOlga Matich 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMadison, Wis. $cUniversity of Wisconsin Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 340 pages) $cillustrations 311 0 $a9780299208806 311 0 $a029920880X 311 0 $a9780299208844 311 0 $a0299208842 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 281-327) and index. 327 $aLev 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. 330 8 $aThe 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-sie?cle Russia and in the history of sexuality in general."-Bernice Glatzer Rosenthal, Slavic and East European Journal "Thoroughly entertaining."-Avril Pyman, Slavic Review 517 3 $aDecadent imagination in Russia's fin-de-sie?cle 606 $aDecadence (Literary movement)$zRussia 606 $aDecadence (Literary movement)$zSoviet Union 606 $aAuthors, Russian$y19th century$xAttitudes 606 $aAuthors, Russian$y20th century$xAttitudes 606 $aSex in literature 606 $aRussian literature$y19th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aRussian literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aDecadence (Literary movement) 615 0$aDecadence (Literary movement) 615 0$aAuthors, Russian$xAttitudes. 615 0$aAuthors, Russian$xAttitudes. 615 0$aSex in literature. 615 0$aRussian literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aRussian literature$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a891.709/11 700 $aMatich$b Olga$0864950 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910966478903321 996 $aErotic utopia$91930520 997 $aUNINA