Hunting nature : Ivan Turgenev and the organic world / Thomas P. Hodge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hodge, Thomas P., author.

Series:

Cornell scholarship online.

Cornell scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich, 1818-1883--Knowledge and learning.

Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich.

Hunting in literature.

Nature in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2021.

Summary:

This volume explores Ivan Turgenev's relationship to nature through his conception, description, and practice of hunting - the most unquenchable passion of his life. Informed by an ecocritical perspective, the book takes an approach that is equal parts interpretive and documentarian, grounding the author's observations thoroughly in Russian cultural and linguistic context and a wide range of Turgenev's fiction, poetry, correspondence, and other writings. Included within the book are some of Turgenev's important writings on nature - never previously translated into English.

Contents:

Introduction : The Hunting Writer : An Ecocritical Approach

Catching Nature by the Tail

The Gun Before the Lyre : Turgenev Afield

"A Different Kind of Game" : Notes of a Hunter

Thinking Oneself into Nature : The Aksakov Reviews and Their Aftermath

Nature and Nidification : "Journey to the Forest-Belt," Rudin, A Gentry Nest

Life at the Lek : On the Eve, "First Love," Fathers and Children

Conclusion : "I'm a Sportsman": Deviations and Doubt.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781501750854

1501750852

9781501750847

1501750844

OCLC:

1126350483