Passion, humiliation, revenge [[electronic resource] ] : hatred in man-woman relationships in the 19th and 20th century Russian novel / / Rina Lapidus
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Lapidus Rina
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Passion, humiliation, revenge [[electronic resource] ] : hatred in man-woman relationships in the 19th and 20th century Russian novel / / Rina Lapidus
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, MD, : Lexington Books, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (182 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 891.73/3093543 |
| Soggetto topico: | Russian literature - 19th century - History and criticism |
| Russian literature - 20th century - History and criticism | |
| Man-woman relationships in literature | |
| Sex in literature | |
| Revenge in literature | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-166) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | The 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Passion, humiliation, revenge |
| ISBN: | 1-282-49314-0 |
| 9786612493140 | |
| 0-7391-2998-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910453386303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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