Superfluous men and the post-Stalin thaw : The alienated hero in soviet prose during the decade 1953-1963 / Thomas F. Rogers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rogers, Thomas F., author.

Series:

Slavistic printings and reprintings ; 108.

Slavistic Printings and Reprintings ; 108

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Russian fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Russian fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (412 pages).

Edition:

Reprint 2019

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF TABLES

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCTION

PART ONE: ALIENATION IN THE PRIOR RUSSIAN LITERARY TRADITION

I. LITERARY PRECEDENTS: PRE-SOVIET

II. LITERARY PRECEDENTS: SOVIET

PART TWO: IDENTIFICATION OF THE ALIENATED HERO IN SOVIET PROSE FICTION OF THE FIRST 'THAW' DECADE

III. SURVEY AND SELECTION

IV. SOURCES OF THE HERO'S ALIENATION: RECURRING ARENAS OF CONFLICT AND UNDERLYING THEMES

PART THREE: THE 'THAW' HERO AS AN OBJECT OF PRAISE AND / OR DERISION

V. POSITIVE VS. NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF CHARACTERIZATION

PART FOUR: THE 'THAW' HERO AS BOTH THE OUTGROWTH OF A PRIOR LITERARY TRADITION AND A DISTINCTLY NEW CHARACTER CREATION

VI. LITERARY POLITICS AND THE SOVIET 'THAW'

VII. CONCLUDING ANALYSIS

APPENDICES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX OF AUTHORS, CRITICS AND TITLES OF FICTION

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9783111635484

3111635481

OCLC:

1110712895