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The Mongol Conquests in the Novels of Vasily Yan : An Intellectual Biography.

Shlapentokh, Dmitry.

The Mongol Conquests in the Novels of Vasily Yan : An Intellectual Biography. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (141 pages) - Literature and Culture in Central and Eastern Europe . - Literature and Culture in Central and Eastern Europe .

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Part 1: Vasily Yan's Biography -- The Formative Years -- The Rise of Japan, the Russo‐Japanese War, and Yan's Continuous Intellectual Journey -- Yan During the Time of World War I, the Russian Revolutions, and Civil War -- The Ideological Setting of Yan's Novels: From Asianism to Russian Nationalism -- The Rise of Russian Nationalism and Its Implications for Writing Historical Novels -- Yan's Work in the Early 1930s -- Yan's Book on the Creation of the Mongol Empire and Stalinist Censorship -- The Attempt to Publish the Works on Mongols -- Response to Yan Novels Before the Great Patriotic (Soviet‐German) War, 1941-1945 -- The War Years -- Yan's Life During the War -- Part 2: Vasily Yan's Works -- Ideological Framework of Yan's Novels on the Mongols -- Mongols as a "Collective Pilate": Genghis Khan and the Birth of Evil -- The Great Khan and the Fedorovian Dream -- Batu and the Mongol Invasion of Russia -- Russians as the Enemy of Mongols: Russians as "Collective Christ" Unified Around the Leader -- The Monolithic Unity of the Leaders and the Masses -- Russians as "Collective Christ" -- Russia as Christ and Defender of Europe -- The Change of the Image of the Mongols: Batu as Tough But Wise Stalin -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.

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IAn, V. (Vasili),-1875-1954.
I︠A︡n, V.-(Vasiliĭ),-1875-1954-Criticism and interpretation.
Authors, Russian-Biography.


Electronic books.

PG3476.I2 .S553 2017

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