The birth of the body : Russian erotic prose of the first half of the twentieth century : a reader / translated and edited by Alexei Lalo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lalo, Alexei.

Series:

Russian history and culture (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 12.

Russian history and culture ; 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Erotic literature, Russian--20th century--Translations into English.

Erotic literature, Russian.

Russian literature--20th century--Translations into English.

Russian literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (166 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This concise reader/anthology of Russian and Soviet erotic prose written between 1900 and 1940 consists of three parts: Silver Age writings, interwar émigré literature, and early Soviet fiction. It was not the author’s intention to select the most accomplished works dedicated to the theme of sexuality and eroticism. Rather, the choice for the most part fell upon texts previously unavailable in English and thus less known to readers who do not read in Russian. In addition, these works give a good idea of how the “birth of the body” in Russian literature and culture actually happened and of the laborious, difficult nature of this birth.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Selected Excerpts / Vasilii Rozanov

In the Fog / Leonid Andreyev

Seasickness / Aleksandr Kuprin

The Tsarina of Kisses / Fyodor Sologub

About Pornography / Vladislav Khodasevich

The Decay of the Atom / Georgii Ivanov

Without Bird Cherry / Panteleymon Romanov

Isanka / Vikentii Veresaev

Recommended Further Reading.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-85428-7

90-04-24206-6

OCLC:

821180572

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004242067 DOI