Esthetics as Nightmare: Russian Literary Theory, 1855-1870
Hardcover
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- $153.00/拢130.00
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- Published:
- Apr 19, 2016
- Copyright:
- 1989
- Pages:
- 326
- Size:
- 7 x 10 in.
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As an epoch of 鈥渃ensorship terror鈥 drew to a close with the death of Nicholas I and the end of the Crimean War, Russian intellectuals had begun expressing their desires for political, philosophical, and religious reform through passionate debates over literature and esthetics. Charles Moser re-creates the leading controversies over literature and art during a crucial period that saw the work of such authors as Turgenev, Dostoevsky, and Tolstoy. Emphasizing particularly the years from 1862 to 1870, Moser presents the doctrines of lesser known and major figures from both liberal and conservative camps, which influenced the development of Socialist Realism and Russian Formalism.
The debates presented begin with a discussion of an essay by Nikolay Chernyshevsky, 鈥淓sthetic Relations of Art to Reality,鈥 which set the stage for the entire period. Among the many topics examined by the author are the doctrines of the radical critic Dmitry Pisarev and the writings of his opponents, such as Nikolay Solovev and Evgeny Edelson.
Originally published in 1989.
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