Andrei Bitov The Ecology of Inspiration |
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| Author:
| Chances, Ellen |
| Contribution by:
| Kelly, Catriona
Cross, Anthony
Emerson, Caryl
Heldt, Barbara
Jones, Malcolm
Rayfield, Donald
Smith, G. S.
Terras, Victor |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Russian Literature Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-02527-0 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2006 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $40.99 |
Book Description:
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This is the first book-length study of Andrei Bitow, one of contemporary Russia's most original writers. It plots his evolution from the post-Stalin years to his mature masterpieces of the glasnost era and assesses his place in the Russian and international literary tradition. Ellen Chances 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 describes how his...
More DescriptionThis is the first book-length study of Andrei Bitow, one of contemporary Russia's most original writers. It plots his evolution from the post-Stalin years to his mature masterpieces of the glasnost era and assesses his place in the Russian and international literary tradition. Ellen Chances 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 describes how his writings go beyond modernist and post-modernist fragmentation in search of the wholeness of life.