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Russian Literature and Its Demons (Hardcover)
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Russian Literature and Its Demons (Hardcover)
Series: Slavic Literature, Culture & Society
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"On the whole, the volume reads like a cohesive book ... and
maintains a high standard of scholarship throughout. Investigators
of Russian literary demonism in the future will surely want to
consult this excellent work." . The Russian Review ..". this
collection displays a degree of mutual collaboration, as well as a
consistently high quality, that surpasses that of most collections
of essays ... it has much to praise and little to fault." . Slavic
Review "It will become a valuable reference for undergraduates and
postgraduates in the Slavic and Comparative Literature fields." .
Australian and East European Studies "The scholarly excellence of
individual contributions and the high standard that marks the
constituent articles without exception . this volume is well
thought out in conception and every effort appears to have been
made by the editor to give it methodological cohesion. No doubt
will it become a valuable reference for undergraduates and
postgraduates in Slavic and Comparative Literature fields." .
Australian Slavonic and East European Studies Merezhkovsky's bold
claim that "all Russian literature is, to a certain degree, a
struggle with the temptation of demonism" is undoubtedly justified.
And yet, despite its evident centrality to Russian culture, the
unique and fascinating phenomenon of Russian literary demonism has
so far received little critical attention. This substantial
collection fills the gap. A comprehensive analytical introduction
by the editor is follwed by a series of fourteen essays, written by
eminent scholars in their fields. The first part explores the main
shaping contexts of literary demonism: the Russian Orthodox and
folk tradition, the demonization of historical figures, and views
of art as intrinsically demonic. The second part traces the
development of a literary tradition of demonism in the works of
authors ranging from Pushkin and Lermontov, Gogol and Dostoevsky,
through to the poets and prose writers of modernism (including
Blok, Akhmatova, Bely, Sologub, Rozanov, Zamiatin), and through to
the end of the 20th century. Pamela Davidson is Lecturer in Russian
at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of
London."
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