The Irony of the Ideal : Paradoxes of Russian Literature.

Explores the most tormenting problems of Russian literature in provocative engagements with its major authors, from Pushkin, Gogol and Dostoevsky to Nabokov, Platonov and post-Soviet postmodernists. Focuses on the ironies and paradoxes that transform sublime ideals into their opposites and trigger t...

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Main Author: Epstein, Mikhail
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Brighton, MA : Academic Studies Press, 2017.
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9781618116338
1618116339
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central