A Double Burden, a Double Cross" : Andrei Sobol as a Russian-Jewish Writer / Vladimir Khazan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Khazan, Vladimir, Author.

Series:

Jews of Russia & Eastern Europe and their legacy.

Jews of Russia & Eastern Europe and Their Legacy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sobol', Andrei, 1888-1926--Criticism and interpretation.

Sobol', Andrei.

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

Russian literature.

Jews in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (180 pages).

Place of Publication:

Boston, MA : Academic Studies Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

If a history of Russian-Jewish literature in the twentieth century (or, at least, a history of its authors and texts) were ever to be written, it would reveal a number of puzzling lacunae. One such lacuna is Andrei Sobol, a truly significant writer who, paradoxically, has not received due scholarly attention. This can easily be demonstrated by the fact that Sobol's name goes virtually unmentioned in some of the most representative and authoritative studies dealing with the Russian-Jewish literary discourse. It is this scholarly gap that has prompted Vladimir Khazan to write this volume, a comprehensive and exhaustive account of Sobol's public, literary, and artistic activities as a purely Russian-Jewish phenomenon. Khazan analyzes his biographical subject within the framework of cultural studies.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

List of Abbreviations

Part I. "...And, Apparently, a Very Good Jew": Sobol as a Russian-Jewish Literary Critic and Journalist

I.1 Baal-Makhshoves and Andrei Sobol: Two Views on the Purpose and Objectives of Russian-Jewish Literature

I.2 The Context and Subtext of Sobol's Open Letter to D. Merezhkovsky

I.3 A Battle that Never Happened (Sobol's Unpublished Open Letter to Ivan Bunin)

Part II. Andrei Sobol and Evreiskii Mir

Part III. Overcoming the Myth: Jewish Themes, Motifs, and Images in Sobol's Works

III.1. Between Literature and Politics: Sobol's Novel Pyl'

III.2. Jewish Themes, Motifs, and Images in Sobol's Short Stories

III.3. The Fate of Sobol's Book Evrei

Part IV. Sobol's Translation of Wandering Stars

Part V. Andrei Sobol and the Jewish Theater

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

ISBN:

1-61811-712-2

OCLC:

1004957340