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1 online resource (236 pages) |
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Studies in Russian and Slavic literatures, cultures and history |
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Studies in Russian and Slavic literatures, cultures and history.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-230) and index. |
| Summary |
"Epic and the Russian Novel from Gogol to Pasternak examines the origin of the nineteen- century Russian novel and challenges the Lukács-Bakhtin theory of epic. By removing the Russian novel from its European context, the authors reveal that it developed as a means of reconnecting the narrative form with its origins in classical and Christian epic in a way that expressed the Russian desire to renew and restore ancient spirituality. Through this methodology, Griffiths and Rabinowitz dispute Bakhtin's classification of epic as a monophonic and dead genre whose time has passed. Due to its grand themes and cultural centrality, the epic is the form most suited to newcomers or cultural outsiders seeking legitimacy through appropriation of the past. Through readings of Gogol's Dead Souls--a uniquely problematic work, and one which Bakhtin argued was novelistic rather than epic--Dostoevsky's Brothers Karamazov, Pasternak's Dr. Zhivago, and Tolstoy's War and Peace, this book redefines "epic." |
| Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1. Epic and Novel -- 2. Gogol in Rome -- 3. Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov -- 4. Tolstoy and Homer -- 5. Doctor Zhivago and the Tradition of National Epic -- 6. Stalin and the Death of the Epic: Mikhail Bakhtin, Nadezhda Mandelstam, Boris Pasternak -- Index |
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This work is licensed by Knowledge Unlatched under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Russian fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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Russian fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Epic literature, Russian -- History and criticism.
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Roman russe -- 19e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
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Roman russe -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
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Littérature épique russe -- Histoire et critique.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Russian & Former Soviet Union.
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Epic literature, Russian
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Russian fiction
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Rysk skönlitteratur -- historia -- 1800-talet -- 1900-talet.
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Epik -- historia -- Ryssland.
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1999
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| Indexed Term |
Arts. |
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Literary Criticism. |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Rabinowitz, Stanley J.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Griffiths, Frederick T. Epic and the Russian novel. Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2011 (DLC) 2011006283 |
| ISBN |
9781618111272 (electronic bk.) |
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1618111272 (electronic bk.) |
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9781618116826 (electronic bk.) |
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1618116827 (electronic bk.) |
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9781936235537 (hardback alk. paper) |
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1936235536 (hardback ; alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
ebc3110440 |
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AU@ 000051566537 |
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AU@ 000069442734 |
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CHNEW 001021658 |
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CHVBK 529964015 |
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DEBBG BV043141477 |
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DEBBG BV044094586 |
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DEBSZ 421358890 |
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GBVCP 1030561664 |
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