Russia's capitalist realism : Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Chekhov / Vadim Shneyder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shneyder, Vadim, author.

Series:

Studies in Russian literature and theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910--Criticism and interpretation.

Tolstoy, Leo.

Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904.

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881.

Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910.

Criticism and interpretation.

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881--Criticism and interpretation.

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor.

Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904--Criticism and interpretation.

Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich.

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

Russian literature.

Realism in literature.

Capitalism in literature.

Genre:

Literary criticism.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xii, 234 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2021.

Summary:

Russia's Capitalist Realism examines how the literary tradition that produced the great works of Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Anton Chekhov responded to the dangers and possibilities posed by Russia's industrial revolution. During Russia's first tumultuous transition to capitalism, social problems became issues of literary form for writers trying to make sense of economic change. The new environments created by industry, such as giant factories and mills, demanded some kind of response from writers but defied all existing forms of language. This book recovers the rich and lively public discourse of this volatile historical period, which Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Chekhov transformed into some of the world's greatest works of literature. Russia's Capitalist Realism will appeal to readers interested in nineteenth-century Russian literature and history, the relationship between capitalism and literary form, and theories of the novel.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Industrial Labor and the Limits of Realism p. 32

Chapter 2 The Economies of Anna Karenina p. 66

Chapter 3 Myshkin among the Merchants: Forms of Money and Narrative Form in The Idiot p. 101

Chapter 4 Heterogeneous Money in The Brothers Karamazov p. 121

Chapter 5 Chekhov and the Naturalization of Capitalism p. 145.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-226) and index.

ISBN:

9780810142480

0810142481

9780810142497

081014249X

OCLC:

1134493113

Publisher Number:

99985640560