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Silhouettes of Russian Writers : Literary and Philosophical Essays by Yuli Aikhenvald.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aikhenvald, Yuli.
- Series:
- Russian Thought in Context Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Russian literature--History and criticism.
- Russian literature.
- Genre:
- Literary criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (274 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, MA : Academic Studies Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- Nabokov's early artistic life, was one of the most influential Russian literary critics of the early 20th century. This collection, presented in English for the first time, offers Aikhenvald's impassioned interpretations of major Russian authors and a timely theoretical vision addressing an urgent question in this "crisis-of-the-humanities" moment: What is the function of criticism?.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on the Translation
- The Translators
- Translators’ Introduction
- Part One. CRITICAL ESSAYS
- The Self-Dissolution of Criticism
- Immortal Poshlost
- The Writer and the Reader
- In Praise of Idleness
- Part Two SILHOUETTES OF RUSSIAN WRITER S
- Theoretical Premises
- Pushkin
- Nikolai Gogol
- Leo Tolstoy
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Chekhov
- In Memory of Yu. I. Aikhenvald
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9798887197210
- OCLC:
- 1513873950
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