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Shape of Apocalypse in Modern Russian Fiction

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

AvDavid M. Bethea

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David Bethea examines the distinctly Russian view of the "end" of history in five major works of modern Russian fiction. Originally published in 1989. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Utgivningsdatum2016-04-19
Mått178 x 254 x 22 mm
Vikt765 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SeriePrinceton Legacy Library
Antal sidor328
FörlagPrinceton University Press
ISBN9780691634425

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*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*A Note on the Transliteration, pg. xi*Preface, pg. xiii*Introduction: Myth, History, Plot, Steed, pg. 3*ONE. The Idiot: Historicism Arrives at the Station, pg. 62*TWO. Petersburg: The Apocalyptic Horseman, the Unicorn, and the Verticality of Narrative, pg. 105*THREE. Chevengur: On the Road with the Bolshevik Utopia, pg. 145*FOUR. The Master and Margarita: History as Hippodrome, pg. 186*FIVE. Doctor Zhivago: The Revolution and the Red Crosse Knight, pg. 230*Afterword: The End and Beyond, pg. 269*Works Cited, pg. 277*Index, pg. 297

"Bethea sees as his tasks: to trace the theme of the Apocalypse...in five Russian novels: Dostoevsky's The Idiot, Bely's Petersburg, Platonov's Chevengur, Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita, and Pasternak's Doctor Zhivago; to show how generalizations about the time-honored 'messianic' and 'eschatological' impulse in the Russian historical character shed light on the narrative structure of these works; and to demonstrate that 'apocalyptic' fictions ... countermand Socialist realism and its vision of secular paradise. He does an excellent job with all three."--Thomas Gaiton Marullo, Modern Fiction Studies "It is not often one comes across a book that is not only a major contribution to the field, but whose appearance calls for a celebration. David Bethea's The Shape of Apocalypse in Modern Russian Fiction is such a book."--Laura D. Weeks, The Russian Review "The terrifying enormity of the apocalyptic theme in Russian literature fails to daunt Bethea, author of the acclaimed Khodasevich. His present book is brilliant, elegantly presented, and invaluable to anyone from undergraduate to specialist."--Choice