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Author:

Schönle, Andreas.

Title:

Authenticity and fiction in the Russian literary journey, 1790-1840 / Andreas Schönle.

Publisher:

Harvard University Press,

Copyright Date:

2000

Description:

vi, 296 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Russian prose literature--19th century--History and criticism.
Authors, Russian--History--History--19th century.
Travel in literature.
Travelers' writings, Russian--History and criticism.
Voyages and travels--Historiography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-289) and index.

Contents:

Fashion and genre: the two instigators. Radishchev's journey and the taste of necessity ; Karamzin's's journey and the taste of fiction ; Words of nature and the nature of words -- Ritual and histrionics: sentimental views of authenticity. On the use and abuse of theatricality ; The travelogue as ritual of social integration (Prince P.I. Shalikov) ; The travelogue as ritual of spiritual elevation (V.A. Zhukovskii) -- Creating history: presences and absences. History made present (V.V. Izmailov) ; The paradox of the naïve (K.N. Batiushkov) ; The presence of the history writer (A.A. Bestuzhev-Marlinskii) ; The paradox of the sentimental (I.M. Murav'ev-Apostol) -- The space of irony. Irony, fragmentation, and the Tower of Babel (A.F. Vel'tman) ; Baron Brambeus and the ironies of vulgar traveling (O.I. Senkovskii) ; Iron masks and the struggle for the self (A.S. Pushkin).

Series:

Russian Research Center studies, 92

ISBN:

9780674002326
0674002326

OCLC:

(OCoLC)43227326

LCCN:

00020359

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)