Epic and the Russian Novel from Gogol to Pasternak.

"Epic and the Russian Novel from Gogol to Pasternak examines the origin of thenineteen- century Russian novel and challenges the Lukács-Bakhtin theory of epic. By removing the Russian novel from its European context, the authors reveal that it developed as a means of reconnecting the narrative...

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Main Authors:	Griffiths, Frederick T. (Author), Rabinowitz, Stanley J. (Author)
Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format:	Software eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Boston, MA Academic Studies Press 20110401.
Subjects:	Russian fiction > 19th century > History and criticism. Russian fiction > 20th century > History and criticism. Epic literature, Russian > History and criticism. Roman russe > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique. Roman russe > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique. Littérature épique russe > Histoire et critique. Literary Collections. Epic literature, Russian Russian fiction 1800-1999 Arts Literary Criticism Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Anthologies.
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Table of Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""1. Epic and Novel""; ""2. Gogol in Rome""; ""3. Dostoevskyâ€?s The Brothers Karamazov""; ""4. Tolstoy and Homer""; ""5. Doctor Zhivago and the Tradition of National Epic""; ""6. Stalin and the Death of the Epic: Mikhail Bakhtin, Nadezhda Mandelstam, Boris Pasternak""; ""Index ""