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Archaeology of Anxiety [electronic resource]

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The "Silver Age" (c. 1890-1917) has been one of the most intensely studied topics in Russian literary studies, and for years scholars have been struggling with its precise definition. Firmly established in the Russian cultural psyche, it continues to influence both literature and mass media. The Archaeology of Anxiety is the first extended analysis of why the Silver Age occupies such prominence in Russian collective consciousness. Galina Rylkova examines the Silver Age as a cultural construct-the byproduct of an anxiety that permeated society in reaction to the social, political, and cultural

Title Archaeology of Anxiety [electronic resource] : The Russian Silver Age and its Legacy
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
Creation Date 2014
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
English
Content ""Contents""
""Acknowledgments""
""1. Introduction: Anxiety and the Russian Silver Age""
""2. Literature and Revolution: The Case of Aleksandr Blok""
""3. The Russian Silver Age: Its Makers and Undertakers""
""4. No "Room of Her Own": Anna Akhmatova's Tenure in Soviet Culture""
""5. The Winged Eavesdropper: Kuzmin and Nabokov""
""6. The Silver Age in Translation: Boris Pasternak's Doctor Zhivago""
""7. Braving the Thaw: Anna Akhmatova in the 1950's and the 1960's""
""8. The Apocalypse Revisited: Viktor Erofeev's Russian Beauty""
""9. Coda: The Silver Age Up Close""
""Appendix: Original Russian Texts""""Notes""
""Index""
Series Pitt Russian East European
Extent 1 online resource (281 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010711372705171
MARC RECORDS
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