Life Is Elsewhere: Symbolic Geography in the Russian Provinces, 1800–1917
Anne LounsberyThis constant awareness of a far-off European model helps explain why the provinces, in all their supposed drabness and predictability, are a topic of such fascination for Russian writers—why these anonymous places are in effect so important and meaningful, notwithstanding the culture's nearly unremitting emphasis on their nullity and meaninglessness.
Année:
2019
Editeur::
Cornell University Press
Langue:
english
Pages:
360
ISBN 10:
1501747940
ISBN 13:
9781501747946
Fichier:
PDF, 15.92 MB
english, 2019