Odoevsky's four pathways into modern fiction : a comparative study / Neil Cornwell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cornwell, Neil, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Odoevskiĭ, V. F. (Vladimir Fedorovich), kni︠a︡zʹ, 1804-1869--Criticism and interpretation.

Odoevskiĭ, V. F.

Odoevskiĭ, V. F. (Vladimir Fedorovich), kni︠a︡zʹ, 1804-1869--Translations into English.

Romanticism.

Fiction genres.

Fiction--19th century--History and criticism.

Fiction.

Fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 168 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press : Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book takes four stories by the Russian Romantic author Vladimir Odoevsky to illustrate 'pathways', developed further by subsequent writers, into modern fiction. Featured here are: the artistic (musical story), the rise of science fiction, psychic aspects of the detective story and of confession in the novel. The four chapters also examine the development of the featured categories by a wide range of subsequent writers in fiction ranging from the Romantic period up to the present century. The study works backwards from Odoevsky's stories, noting respective previous examples or traditions, before proceeding to follow the 'pathways' observed into later Russian, English and comparative fiction.

Contents:

Preface and Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. MUSICMAN: the musical-artistic story from Hoffmann and Odoevsky to Pasternak 2. STARMAN: the rise of the 'cosmic traveller'

3. SEERMAN: the rise of the psychic detective

4. MONK: duelling confession within the novel

Appendix: two previously untranslated short stories by Vladimir Odoevsky

Two Days in the Life of the Terrestrial Globe

The Witness

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Apr 2026).

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781781702062

1781702063

9781847792846

1847792847

OCLC:

818847438