Consequences of Consciousness: Turgenev, Dostoevsky, and Tolstoy

The path to modernity was late in Russia, and as the country, absorbing western thought and art at a gallop, hurried to catch up in the nineteenth century, it produced cultural content about the modern individual unmatched in any other society. While in the process of creating Russian psychological...

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Main Author: Orwin, Donna Tussing (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Russian
Published: Boston, MA Academic Studies Press [2022]
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Summary:The path to modernity was late in Russia, and as the country, absorbing western thought and art at a gallop, hurried to catch up in the nineteenth century, it produced cultural content about the modern individual unmatched in any other society. While in the process of creating Russian psychological prose in its mature form, Turgenev, Dostoevsky and Tolstoy converse through their texts. Behind the scenes, they criticize each other, but also grow their own prose in response to each other. Through close readings and other means, this book lays bare conversations about childhood, evil, and other themes. All three writers explore how self-examination changes us and has negative as well as positive effects
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 16. Dec 2024)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:9781644699737
DOI:10.1515/9781644699737

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