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Exotic Moscow Under Western Eyes

Irene Masing-Delic

出版	Academic Studies Press, 2009
主題	History / Social HistoryLiterary Criticism / GeneralLiterary Criticism / Russian & SovietLiterary Criticism / Semiotics & TheoryLiterary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / Culture, Race & Ethnicity
ISBN	19348434079781934843406
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=rI0LAQAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

This collection of essays on Turgenev, Goncharov, Conrad, Dostoevsky, Blok, Briusov, Gor'kii, Pasternak and Nabokov represents diverse voices but is also unified. One invariant is the recurring distinction between "culture" and "civilization" and the vision of Russia as the bearer of culture because it is "barbaric." Another stance advocates the synthesis of "sense and sensibility" and the vision of "Apollo" and "Dionysus" creating a "civilized culture" together. Those voices that delight in the artificiality of civilization are complemented by those apprehensive of the dangers inherent in barbarism. This collection thus adds new perspectives to the much-debated opposition of vital Russia and a declining West, offering novel interpretations of classics from Oblomov to Lolita and The Idiot to Doctor Zhivago.