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Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Labyrinth of links: Russian literature and its cultural contexts
• The origins: Russian Medieval culture
• The spirit of Peter: Russian culture in the eighteenth century
• The spirit of poetry: Russian culture in the age of Alexander I (1801-25)
• The Russian idea: the quest for national identity in nineteenth-century Russian culture
• Russian psychology: the quest for personal identity in nineteenth-century Russian culture
• Life as theatre: Russian modernism
• The art of the future: the Russian avant-garde
• The future as present: Soviet culture
• After the future: Russian thaw culture
• Instead of the apocalypse: Russian culture today
• Conclusion: whither Russian literature.

Author/Creator:

Wachtel, Andrew

Contributors:

Vinit︠s︡kiĭ, I. I︠U︡. (Ilʹi︠a︡ I︠U︡rʹevich), 1969-

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Russian literature [by Wachtel, A.]

Related Series:

Cultural history of literature

Subjects:

Russian literature — History and criticism

Literature and society — Russia — History

Russian literature

Literature and society

Russia (Federation)

Russia

Genres:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [302]-307) and index.

Physical Description:

xi, 316 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Call Numbers:

PG2951 .W26 2009

ISBNs:

9780745636856
0745636853
0745636861 (pbk.)
9780745636863 (pbk.)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2009284512

OCLC Numbers:

255899241