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How Russia Learned to Write

Literature and the Imperial Table of Ranks

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

AvIrina Reyfman

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In the eighteenth century, as modern forms of literature began to emerge in Russia, most of the writers producing it were members of the nobility. But their literary pursuits competed with strictly enforced obligations to imperial state service. Unique to Russia was the Table of Ranks, introduced by Emperor Peter the Great in 1722. Noblesse oblige was not just a lofty principle; aristocrats were expected to serve in the military, civil service, or the court, and their status among peers depended on advancement in ranks.Irina Reyfman illuminates the surprisingly diverse effects of the Table of Ranks on writers, their work, and literary culture in Russia. From Sumarokov and Derzhavin in the eighteenth century through Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, and poets serving in the military in the nineteenth, state service affected the self-images of writers and the themes of their creative output. Reyfman also notes its effects on Russia's atypical course in the professionalization and social status of literary work.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-01-30
Mått152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt355 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SeriePublications of the Wisconsin Center for Pushkin Studies
Antal sidor256
FörlagUniversity of Wisconsin Press
ISBN9780299308346

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AcknowledgmentsNote on Transliteration and TranslationIntroduction: Russian Writers and State Service, 1750s-1850s1 To Serve or to Write? Noble Writers in the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries2 Pushkin as Bureaucrat, Courtier, and Writer3 Hierarchy of Ranks according to Gogol4 Poets in the Military: Denis Davydov, Aleksandr Polezhaev, and Mikhail Lermontov5 Service Ranks in Dostoevsky's Life and FictionConclusion: Beyond RankAppendix: The Table of RanksNotesIndex

Compelling, clever, and persuasive. Examining many Russian writers' self-fashioning as members of the nobility and their careers in public service, Reyfman admirably shows that the understanding of rank should inflect all our arguments and histories of the writing profession in Russia." - Luba Golburt, University of California, Berkeley"Indispensable reading for all who study Russian literature of the Imperial period. Reyfman adds nuance and necessary reevaluation to our understanding of how literary careers and literary biography evolved in Russia in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries." - Andrew Kahn, University of Oxford"Reyfman's prose is clear and readable throughout, and How Russia Learned to Write adds an intriguing new reading on canonical texts of the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It is one of those rare books you never knew you needed, but answers questions you have always had." - Slavic Review "Can be read profitably by a range of readers, from undergraduates to specialists. . . . Reyfman's informed analysis forces us to rethink received ideas." - Slavic and East European Journal

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