The house in Russian literature a mythopoetic exploration - Baak, J. J. van (Rodopi, 2009)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 495-509) and index
Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; I WHAT IS A HOUSE?; II THE HOUSE MYTH IN 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY RUSSIAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE; Conclusions; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Index
The domestic theme has a tremendous anthropological, literary and cultural significance. The purpose of this book is to analyse and interpret the most important realisations and tendencies of this thematic complex in the history of Russian literature. It is the first systematic book-length exploration of the meaning and development of the House theme in Russian literature of the past 200 years. It studies the ideological, psychological and moral meanings which Russian cultural and literary tradition have invested in the house or projected on it in literary texts. Central to this study's approa