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St Petersburg: Shadows of the Past
Catriona Kelly
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Description for St Petersburg: Shadows of the Past
Paperback. Num Pages: 488 pages, 110 b/w + 12 pp. col. illus. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Fragile, gritty, and vital to an extraordinary degree, St. Petersburg is one of the world's most alluring cities-a place in which the past is at once ubiquitous and inescapably controversial. Yet outsiders are far more familiar with the city's pre-1917 and Second World War history than with its recent past. In this beautifully illustrated and highly original book, Catriona Kelly shows how creative engagement with the past has always been fundamental to St. Petersburg's residents. Weaving together oral history, personal observation, literary and artistic texts, journalism, and archival materials, she traces the at times paradoxical feelings of anxiety and pride ... Read more
Fragile, gritty, and vital to an extraordinary degree, St. Petersburg is one of the world's most alluring cities-a place in which the past is at once ubiquitous and inescapably controversial. Yet outsiders are far more familiar with the city's pre-1917 and Second World War history than with its recent past. In this beautifully illustrated and highly original book, Catriona Kelly shows how creative engagement with the past has always been fundamental to St. Petersburg's residents. Weaving together oral history, personal observation, literary and artistic texts, journalism, and archival materials, she traces the at times paradoxical feelings of anxiety and pride ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
488
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
652g
Number of Pages
488
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300219401
SKU
V9780300219401
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About Catriona Kelly
Catriona Kelly is professor of Russian at the University of Oxford and the author of many books about Russian literature and culture. She lives in Oxford and St. Petersburg.
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