Archaeology of Anxiety : The Russian Silver Age and its Legacy

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rylkova, Galina.

Series:

Pitt Russian East European

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Russian literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Russian literature.

Russian literature--20th century--Political aspects.

Russian literature--20th century--Social aspects.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The "Silver Age" (c. 1890-1917) has been one of the most intensely studied topics in Russian literary studies, and for years scholars have been struggling with its precise definition. Firmly established in the Russian cultural psyche, it continues to influence both literature and mass media. The Archaeology of Anxiety is the first extended analysis of why the Silver Age occupies such prominence in Russian collective consciousness. Galina Rylkova examines the Silver Age as a cultural construct-the byproduct of an anxiety that permeated society in reaction to the social, political, and cultura

Contents:

Contents

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction: Anxiety and the Russian Silver Age

2. Literature and Revolution: The Case of Aleksandr Blok

3. The Russian Silver Age: Its Makers and Undertakers

4. No â€oeRoom of Her Ownâ€?: Anna Akhmatovaâ€?s Tenure in Soviet Culture

5. The Winged Eavesdropper: Kuzmin and Nabokov

6. The Silver Age in Translation: Boris Pasternak�s Doctor Zhivago

7. Braving the Thaw: Anna Akhmatova in the 1950s and the 1960s

8. The Apocalypse Revisited: Viktor Erofeev�s Russian Beauty

9. Coda: The Silver Age Up Close

Appendix: Original Russian TextsNotes

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9780822973355

0822973359

OCLC:

889345006