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Mapping St. Petersburg : Imperial Text and Cityshape /

"Pushkin's palaces or Dostoevsky's slums? Many a modern-day visitor to St. Petersburg has one or, more likely, both of these images in mind when setting foot in this stage set-like setting for some of the world's most treasured literary masterpieces. What they overlook is the vas...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Buckler, Julie A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodstock, Oxfordshire : Princeton University Press, [2007]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Petersburg eclecticism, part I : city as text
  • Petersburg eclecticism, part II : literary form and cityshape
  • Armchair traveling : Russian literary guides to St. Petersburg
  • Stories in common : urban legends in St. Petersburg
  • Literary centers and margins : palaces, dachas, slums, and industrial outskirts
  • Meeting in the middle : provincial visitors to St. Petersburg
  • The city's memory : public graveyards and textual repositories
  • Conclusion : timely remembering and the tricentennial celebration.