Russia's Capitalist Realism : Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Chekhov Hardback
by Vadim Shneyder
Part of the Studies in Russian Literature and Theory series
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Russia's Capitalist Realism examines how the literary tradition that produced the great works of Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Anton Chekhov responded to the dangers and possibilities posed by Russia's industrial revolution.
During Russia's first tumultuous transition to capitalism, social problems became issues of literary form for writers trying to make sense of economic change.
The new environments created by industry, such as giant factories and mills, demanded some kind of response from writers but defied all existing forms of language.This book recovers the rich and lively public discourse of this volatile historical period, which Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Chekhov transformed into some of the world's greatest works of literature.
Russia's Capitalist Realism will appeal to readers interested in nineteenth-century Russian literature and history, the relationship between capitalism and literary form, and theories of the novel.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:248 pages
- Publisher:Northwestern University Press
- Publication Date:30/07/2021
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- ISBN:9780810142497
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Item not Available
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:248 pages
- Publisher:Northwestern University Press
- Publication Date:30/07/2021
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- ISBN:9780810142497
