Andrei Bitov: The Ecology of Inspiration - Couverture rigide

Chances, Ellen

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0521418976 ISBN 13 : 9780521418973

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1993

Synopsis

The first book-length study of Andrei Bitov, one of contemporary Russia's most original writers.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This is the first book on Andrei Bitov, one of contemporary Russia's most original writers. It plots his evolution from his early publications of the post-Stalin years to his mature masterpieces of the glasnost era. Ellen Chances assesses his place both in the Russian literary tradition from Pushkin onwards, and as part of a broader, international cultural heritage including Dickens, Fellini, and Proust. She explores his themes, from the psychological effects of Stalin on Soviet society to universal questions such as the human being's relationship with nature, history and culture, and discovers in his deeply philosophical and intensely psychological writings an innovative methodology, 'ecological prose', that goes beyond modernist and post-modernist fragmentation in search of the wholeness of life.

Revue de presse

'A brilliant analysis of one of the most difficult contemporary Russia n writers, one about whom many Soviet literary critics have gnashed their teeth. Ellen Chances' work is distinguished by a spirit of independence and by a genuine depth - qualities that link her writing with that of Bitov himself.' Natalia Ivanova, Moscow literary critic and deputy editor of the literary journal Znamia

'A fine, impressive work ... a very intelligent and sensitive analysis.' George Gibian, Cornell University

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521418976
• ISBN 13: 9780521418973
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 350
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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