The Exotic Prisoner in Russian Romanticism

Paul M Austin (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

214 Seiten

1997
Peter Lang Publishing Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8204-3346-2 (ISBN)

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Besides new themes of alienation and desires for self-fulfillment, European Romanticism brought to Russian literature the congenial themes of captivity and exotic worlds. Between 1820 and 1840 there developed an enormous literature with hosts of prisoners in exotic locales in the Caucasus. Loneliness and desire for freedom competed with elaborate descriptions of unknown peoples - Chechens, Georgians, Tatars and Circassians - to produce a literature of unparalleled brilliance, brought to a dazzling culmination by Lermontov's 'Bela' in 1839. The exotic prisoner theme with its exotic trappings then disappears, leaving as its heritage the powerful themes of loneliness and introspection which other writers were subsequently to give their own unique treatment.

The Author: After early education in China and England, Paul M. Austin received his B.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Toronto and his M.A. from Cornell University. At McGill University from 1968, he has been the Chair of the Department of Russian and Slavic Studies since 1980. A frequent visitor to Russia, he is particularly interested in the Russian's relationships with other societies.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.12.1997
Reihe/Serie	Middlebury Studies in Russian Language and Literature ; 9
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 230 mm
Gewicht	490 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Slavistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-8204-3346-2 / 0820433462
ISBN-13	978-0-8204-3346-2 / 9780820433462
Zustand	Neuware