Exotic Moscow under western eyes [[electronic resource] /] / Irene Masing-Delic

• Autore: Masing-Delic I (Irene)
• Pubblicazione: Boston, : Academic Studies Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (245 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 891.709/35847
• Soggetto topico: Russian literature - History and criticism; National characteristics, Russian, in literature
• Soggetto geografico: Russia In literature
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-240) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Dialogue -- 2. Inner Divisions -- 3. Saving the Heritage -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This collection of essays on Turgenev, Goncharov, Conrad, Dostoevsky, Blok, Briusov, Gor'kii, Pasternak and Nabokov represents diverse voices but is also unified. One invariant is the recurring distinction between "culture" and "civilization" and the vision of Russia as the bearer of culture because it is "barbaric." Another stance advocates the synthesis of "sense and sensibility" and the vision of "Apollo" and "Dionysus" creating a "civilized culture" together. Those voices that delight in the artificiality of civilization are complemented by those apprehensive of the dangers inherent in barbarism. This collection thus adds new perspectives to the much-debated opposition of vital Russia and a declining West, offering novel interpretations of classics from Oblomov to Lolita and The Idiot to Doctor Zhivago.
• Titolo autorizzato: Exotic Moscow under western eyes
• ISBN: 1-61811-851-X; 1-61811-136-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996328046203316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Cultural revolutions.