From Chekhov To The Revolution: Russian Literature 1900-1917
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
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At the dawn of the twentieth century, Russian literature stood on the precipice of one of history's most dramatic transformations — and Marc Slonim's From Chekhov to the Revolution chronicles that extraordinary journey with remarkable authority and clarity. Spanning the turbulent years of 1900 to 1917, this landmark critical study maps the rich and restless landscape of Russian letters, from the twilight elegance of Anton Chekhov's prose to the fevered creative outpourings that preceded the Bolshevik Revolution. Slonim presents a sweeping panorama of poets, novelists, and essayists — Symbolists, Acmeists, Futurists, and beyond — whose works both reflected and ignited the era's seismic social upheavals. A consummate literary historian, Slonim writes with the precision of a scholar and the passion of an insider, having lived through the very culture he describes. The work illuminates the deep tensions between artistic individualism and collective destiny, between spiritual yearning and revolutionary fervour, that defined this singular period in world literature. Readers who enter this world will find it impossible to view the great works of Russian modernism — or the Revolution itself — in quite the same way again.
Author: Marc Slonim
Format: Paperback
Genre: Literary theory
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the dawn of the twentieth century, Russian literature stood on the precipice of one of history's most dramatic transformations — and Marc Slonim's From Chekhov to the Revolution chronicles that extraordinary journey with remarkable authority and clarity. Spanning the turbulent years of 1900 to 1917, this landmark critical study maps the rich and restless landscape of Russian letters, from the twilight elegance of Anton Chekhov's prose to the fevered creative outpourings that preceded the Bolshevik Revolution. Slonim presents a sweeping panorama of poets, novelists, and essayists — Symbolists, Acmeists, Futurists, and beyond — whose works both reflected and ignited the era's seismic social upheavals. A consummate literary historian, Slonim writes with the precision of a scholar and the passion of an insider, having lived through the very culture he describes. The work illuminates the deep tensions between artistic individualism and collective destiny, between spiritual yearning and revolutionary fervour, that defined this singular period in world literature. Readers who enter this world will find it impossible to view the great works of Russian modernism — or the Revolution itself — in quite the same way again.