The Irony of the Ideal : Paradoxes of Russian Literature.
Epstein, Mikhail.
The Irony of the Ideal : Paradoxes of Russian Literature. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (456 pages) - Ars Rossica Series . - Ars Rossica Series .
Explores the most tormenting problems of Russian literature in provocative engagements with its major authors, from Pushkin, Gogol and Dostoevsky to Nabokov, Platonov and post-Soviet postmodernists. Focuses on the ironies and paradoxes that transform sublime ideals into their opposites and trigger the forces of evil and self-destruction.
9781618116338
Russian literature-History and criticism.
Paradox in literature.
Electronic books.
PG2986 .E7713 2018
891.709
The Irony of the Ideal : Paradoxes of Russian Literature. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (456 pages) - Ars Rossica Series . - Ars Rossica Series .
Explores the most tormenting problems of Russian literature in provocative engagements with its major authors, from Pushkin, Gogol and Dostoevsky to Nabokov, Platonov and post-Soviet postmodernists. Focuses on the ironies and paradoxes that transform sublime ideals into their opposites and trigger the forces of evil and self-destruction.
9781618116338
Russian literature-History and criticism.
Paradox in literature.
Electronic books.
PG2986 .E7713 2018
891.709