Serfdom, society, and the arts in imperial Russia : the pleasure and the power / Richard Stites.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stites, Richard, 1931-2010.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Serfdom--Russia.

Serfdom.

Arts and society--Russia.

Arts and society.

Russia--Social life and customs--19th century.

Russia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (xiii, 586 pages, 36 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Serf-era and provincial Russia heralded the spectacular turn in cultural history that began in the 1860's. Examining the role of arts and artists in society's value system, Richard Stites explores this shift in a groundbreaking history of visual and performing arts in the last decades of serfdom. Provincial town and manor house engaged the culture of Moscow and St. Petersburg while thousands of serfs and ex-serfs created or performed. Mikhail Glinka raised Russian music to new levels and Anton Rubinstein struggled to found a conservatory. Long before the itinerants, painters explored town and country in genre scenes of everyday life. Serf actors on loan from their masters brought naturalistic acting from provincial theaters to the imperial stages. Stites's richly detailed book offers new perspectives on the origins of Russia's nineteenth-century artistic prowess.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: What's in a Title?

1. Town and Country

2. The Domestic Muse

3. In Search of a Concert Hall

4. Inside the Capital Stages

5. An Unfolding Drama

6. Playing the Provinces

7. Academic Vistas

8. Exploring the Interior

9. When Did the Real Day Dawn?

List of Abbreviations

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 501-547) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-73008-4

9786611730086

0-300-12818-5

OCLC:

815684388