Russian Nights - Brossura

Odoevsky, Vladimir Fedorovich

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ISBN 10: 0810115204 ISBN 13: 9780810115200

Casa editrice: Northwestern Univ Pr, 1997

Riassunto

This captivating novel is the summation of Odoevsky's views and interests in many fields: Gothic literature, romanticism, mysticism, the occult, social responsibility, Westernization, utopia and anti-utopia. Compared to The Decameron, to Hoffman's Serapion Brethren, and to the Platonic dialogues, Russian Nights is a unique mixture of romantic and society tales framed by Odoevsky's musings on strands of Russian thought and his own obsessions.

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Russian Nights, Vladimir Fedorovich Odoevsky's major work, is of great importance in Russian intellectual history. This captivating novel is the summation of Odoevsky's views and interests in many fields: Gothic literature, romanticism, mysticism, the occult, social responsibility, Westernization, utopia and anti-utopia. Compared variously to The Decameron, to Hoffman's Serapion Brethren, and the Platonic dialogues, Russian Nights is a mixture of genres - a series of romantic and society tales framed by Odoevsky's musings on the main strands of Russian thought of the 1820s and 1830s. This is a unique work of Russian literature, and a key sourcebook for Russian romanticism and Russian social and aesthetic thought of its epoch.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Northwestern Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0810115204
• ISBN 13: 9780810115200
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 263
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile