Turgenev and Russian culture : essays to honour Richard Peace / edited by Joe Andrew, Derek Offord and Robert Reid.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Andrew, Joe.

Offord, Derek.

Reid, Robert, 1948-

Series:

Studies in Slavic literature and poetics ; v. 49.

Studies in Slavic literature and poetics ; 49

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Russian literature--19th century--History and criticism.

Russian literature.

Russia--Civilization.

Russia.

Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich, 1818-1883--Appreciation.

Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich.

Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich, 1818-1883--Criticism and interpretation.

Peace, Richard, 1933-2013--Bibliography.

Peace, Richard.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (372 pages) : 1 portrait

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The present volume has as its central aim a reassessment of the works of Ivan Turgenev for the twenty-first century. Against the background of a decline in interest in nineteenth-century literature the articles gathered here seek to argue that the period in general, and his work in particular, still have much to offer the modern sensibility. The volume also offers a great variety of approaches. Some of the contributors tackle major works by Turgenev, including Rudin and Smoke , while others address key themes that run through all his creative work. Yet others address his influence, as well as his broader relationship with Russian and other cultures. A final group of articles examines other key figures in Russian literary culture, including Belinskii, Herzen and Tolstoi. The work will therefore be of interest to students, postgraduates and specialists in the field of Russian literary culture. At the same time, they will stand as a tribute to the life and work of Professor Richard Peace, a long-standing specialist in nineteenth-century Russian literature, in whose honour the volume has been compiled.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Richard Peace: An Appreciation / Derek Offord

Turgenev and Russian Culture / Joe Andrew

Death and the Maiden: Narrative, Space, Gender and Identity in Asia / Joe Andrew

‘The Poetry of Moscow Existence’: An Analysis of N.M. Iazykov’s Spring Night / Michael Basker

Did Carmen really come from Russia (with a little help from Turgenev)? / A.D.P. Briggs

Turgenev and the Sphinx / Leon Burnett

A ‘Buttoned-up’ Hero of His Time: Turgenev’s Use of the Language of Vestimentary Markers in Rudin / Boris Christa

Mystical Union in the Philosophy of Vladimir Solovev / Ruth Coates

First Loves and Last Rites: from Ivan Turgenev to John Banville / Neil Cornwell

The Uses of Poetry in Turgenev’s Prose: A Quiet Spot / Eric de Haard

‘The avant-garde, you know, can easily become the rearguard. All it takes is a change of direction.’ Anatolii Efros’ Production of A Month in the Country: A Dialogue with Stanislavskii. / Ros Dixon

Tolstoi: Great Men and the Mathematical Mechanics of History / Charles Ellis

Post-War British Month(s) in the Country / Cynthia Marsh

Worshipping the Golden Calf: the Intelligentsia’s Conception of the Bourgeois World in the Age of Nicholas / Derek Offord

The Dark Side of Turgenev / Richard Peace

The Paradoxes of Parody: Notes on the Art of Mikhail Zoshchenko and Evgenii Popov / Robert Porter

Dulcis fumus patriae: Tiutchev, Turgenev and Smoke / Michael Pursglove

A Hunter’s Sketches: A Peircean Perspective / Robert Reid

Nostalgic Visions and Mnemonic Figures: Tsvetaeva’s Allusions to Ivan Turgenev’s Goethian Outlook / Alexandra Smith

Ivan Turgenev’s Phantoms: The Spectre of Hesitation / Claire Whitehead

Richard Peace’s Publications / Derek Offord.

Notes:

Festschrift.

Includes bibliographical references.

"Richard Peace's publications, compiled by Derek Offord"--p. 363-372.

ISBN:

94-012-0586-8

1-4356-6574-0

OCLC:

714567428

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789401205863 DOI