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Post-Soviet Literature and the Search for a Russian Identity (Studies in European Culture and History)
Boris Noordenbos
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Description for Post-Soviet Literature and the Search for a Russian Identity (Studies in European Culture and History)
Hardcover. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 447.
This book examines a wide range of contemporary Russian writers whose work, after the demise of Communism, became more authoritative in debates on Russia’s character, destiny, and place in the world. Unique in his in-depth analysis of both playful postmodernist authors and fanatical nationalist writers, Noordenbos pays attention to not only the acute social and political implications of contemporary Russian literature but also literary form by documenting the decline of postmodern styles, analyzing shifting metaphors for a “Russian identity crisis,” and tracing the emergence of new forms of authorial ethos. To achieve this end, the book builds on theories of ... Read more
This book examines a wide range of contemporary Russian writers whose work, after the demise of Communism, became more authoritative in debates on Russia’s character, destiny, and place in the world. Unique in his in-depth analysis of both playful postmodernist authors and fanatical nationalist writers, Noordenbos pays attention to not only the acute social and political implications of contemporary Russian literature but also literary form by documenting the decline of postmodern styles, analyzing shifting metaphors for a “Russian identity crisis,” and tracing the emergence of new forms of authorial ethos. To achieve this end, the book builds on theories of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Studies in European Culture and History
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137596727
SKU
V9781137596727
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About Boris Noordenbos
Boris Noordenbos is Assistant Professor in Literary Studies at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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