Writing rogues : the Soviet picaresque and identity formation, 1921-1938 /

"Plot elements such as adventure, travel to far-flung regions, the criminal underworld, and embezzlement schemes are not usually associated with Soviet literature, yet an entire body of work from the October Revolution until the Stalinist Great Terror was constructed around them. In Writing Rog...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Oliveira, Cassio de (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2023]
Temas:
1900-1999
Picaresque literature, Russian > History and criticism.
Russian fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Rogues and vagabonds in literature.
Storytellers in literature.
Characters and characteristics in literature.
Marginality, Social, in literature.
National characteristics, Russian, in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Russian & Former Soviet Union
Picaresque literature, Russian.
Russian fiction.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Rogues and Writers
  • Wartime Autobiographies
  • Ehrenburg's and Shklovsky's Autobiographies as Self-Effacement
  • Travels and Travails in Julio Jurenito and A Sentimental Journey
  • The Nep-Era Rogue and the Idea of Soviet Literature
  • From Odessa to Petrograd: The Cosmopolitan Rogue in the Red Republic of Letters
  • Grabber, Kynik, and Thief: The Rogue Gets to Business
  • The Soviet Picaresque and The Stalinist Rogue
  • Travelling and Building Stalin's Soviet Union
  • "In Every Life There Is at Least One Interesting Plot": Narrating Reforging
  • Conclusion: The Picaresque and the Ways of the World
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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