TY  - BOOK
AU  - Irene Masing-Delic
AB  - This collection of essays on Turgenev, Goncharov, Conrad, Dostoevsky, Blok, Briusov, Gor’kii, Pasternak and Nabokov represents diverse voices but is also unified. One invariant is the recurring distinction between “culture” and “civilization” and the vision of Russia as the bearer of culture because it is “barbaric.” Another stance advocates the synthesis of “sense and sensibility” and the vision of “Apollo” and “Dionysus” creating a “civilized culture” together. Those voices that delight in the artificiality of civilization are complemented by those apprehensive of the dangers inherent in barbarism. This collection thus adds new perspectives to the much-debated opposition of vital Russia and a declining West, offering novel interpretations of classics from Oblomov to Lolita and The Idiot to Doctor Zhivago.
ID  - OAPEN ID: 19384
KW  - Literature
KW  - Russia
L1  - http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54132b01e4b0f5bf7ad3ed92/t/575ad9c84c2f8523de7268d9/1465571785201/Exotic+Moscow+Under+Western+Eyes.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/47190
PB  - Academic Studies Press
PY  - 2009
SN  - 9781934843406
TI  - Exotic Moscow Under Western Eyesnull
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