| Authenticity and Fiction in the Russian Literary Journey, 1790-1840 Contributor(s): Schönle, Andreas (Author) |
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ISBN: 0674002326 ISBN-13: 9780674002326 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $86.13 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 2000 Annotation: THIS COMPREHENSIVE STUDY of the Russian literary travelogue, a genre that blossomed in the early nineteenth century, sheds new light on Russian literature and culture of the period. In the decades before and during the rise of the Russian novel, a new form of prose writing took hold in Russia: travel accounts, often fictional, marked by a fully developed narrator's voice, interpretive impressions, scenic descriptions, and extended narrative. Prompted in part by the growth of leisure travel and in part by publication of Western European examples of travel writing, the genre attracted the talents of numerous writers, including Radishchev, Karamzin, and Pushkin. In illuminating analyses of major texts as well as lesser known but influential works, Andreas Schonle surveys the literary travelogue from its emergence in Russia to the end of the Romantic era. His study offers new insight into the construction of the authorial persona and into the emergence of fiction in a culture that valued nonfiction writing. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Russian & Former Soviet Union |
| Dewey: 891.7 |
| LCCN: 00020359 |
| Series: Russian Research Center Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.95" H x 6.41" W x 9.6" (1.18 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This comprehensive study of the Russian literary travelogue, a genre that blossomed in the early nineteenth century, sheds new light on Russian literature and culture of the period. In the decades before and during the rise of the Russian novel, a new form of prose writing took hold in Russia: travel accounts, often fictional, marked by a fully developed narrator's voice, interpretive impressions, scenic descriptions, and extended narrative. Prompted in part by the growth of leisure travel and in part by publication of Western European examples of travel writing, the genre attracted the talents of numerous writers, including Radishchev, Karamzin, and Pushkin. In illuminating analyses of major texts as well as lesser known but influential works, Andreas Sch nle surveys the literary travelogue from its emergence in Russia to the end of the Romantic era. His study offers new insight on the construction of the authorial persona and on the emergence of fiction in a culture that valued nonfiction writing. |
Contributor Bio(s): Schonle, Andreas: - Andreas Schönle is Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Michigan. |