TY  - BOOK
AU  - Masing-Delic,Irene
TI  - Exotic Moscow Under Western Eyes
SN  - 9781618118516
PB  - Academic Studies Press
KW  - Political Science / World / Russian & Former Soviet Union
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - History / Russia & The Former Soviet Union
KW  - History
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Access copy available to the general public
N2  - This collection of essays on Turgenev, Goncharov, Conrad, Dostoevsky, Blok, Briusov, Gor'kii, Pasternak and Nabokov represents diverse voices but is also unified. One invariant is the recurring distinction between "culture" and "civilization" and the vision of Russia as the bearer of culture because it is "barbaric." Another stance advocates the synthesis of "sense and sensibility" and the vision of "Apollo" and "Dionysus" creating a "civilized culture" together. Those voices that delight in the artificiality of civilization are complemented by those apprehensive of the dangers inherent in barbarism. This collection thus adds new perspectives to the much-debated opposition of vital Russia and a declining West, offering novel interpretations of classics from Oblomov to Lolita and The Idiot to Doctor Zhivago
UR  - https://openresearchlibrary.org/content/967d7f79-c4b4-41a4-abc0-65c876920870
ER  -