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How Russia Learnt to Write
Irina Reyfman
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Description for How Russia Learnt to Write
Hardback. How the status of Russian writers as members of the nobility, and their careers in service to the imperial state, shaped the course of Russian literature from Sumarokov and Derzhavin through Pushkin, Gogol, and Dostoevsky. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 237 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
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, ... Read more
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, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Wisconsin, United States
ISBN
9780299308308
SKU
V9780299308308
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Reviews for How Russia Learnt to Write
“Demonstrat[es] that much of what we know about Russian writers' relationships to state service is interpretation, and Reyfman provides thought-provoking alternative readings.”—Eighteenth-Century Fiction