The Irony of the Ideal - Paradoxes of Russian Literature (Hardcover)

This book explores the major paradoxes of Russian literature as a manifestation of both tragic and ironic contradictions of human nature and national character. Russian literature, from Pushkin and Gogol to Chekhov, Nabokov and to postmodernist writers, is studied as a holistic text that plays on the reversal of such opposites as being and nothingness, reality and simulation, and rationality and absurdity. The glorification of Mother Russia exposes her character as a witch; a little man is transformed into a Christ figure; consistent rationality betrays its inherent madness, and extreme verbosity produces the effect of silence. The greatest Russian writers were masters of spiritual selfaEURO"denial and artistic selfaEURO"destruction, which explains many paradoxes and unpredictable twists of Russian history up to our time.

General

Imprint:	Academic Studies Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Ars Rossica
Release date:	October 2017
Authors:	Mikhail Epstein
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	440
ISBN-13:	978-1-61811-632-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General Promotions
LSN:	1-61811-632-0
Barcode:	9781618116321

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