List of Illustrations vi Chronology vii Introduction: Labyrinth of Links: Russian Literature and its Cultural Contexts 1 1 The Origins: Russian Medieval Culture 7 2 The Spirit of Peter: Russian Culture in the Eighteenth Century 31 3 The Spirit of Poetry: Russian Culture in the Age of Alexander I (1801-25) 57 4 The Russian Idea: The Quest for National Identity in Nineteenth-Century Russian Culture 89 5 Russian Psychology: The Quest for Personal Identity in Nineteenth-Century Russian Culture 125 6 Life as Theatre: ...
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List of Illustrations vi Chronology vii Introduction: Labyrinth of Links: Russian Literature and its Cultural Contexts 1 1 The Origins: Russian Medieval Culture 7 2 The Spirit of Peter: Russian Culture in the Eighteenth Century 31 3 The Spirit of Poetry: Russian Culture in the Age of Alexander I (1801-25) 57 4 The Russian Idea: The Quest for National Identity in Nineteenth-Century Russian Culture 89 5 Russian Psychology: The Quest for Personal Identity in Nineteenth-Century Russian Culture 125 6 Life as Theatre: Russian Modernism 157 7 The Art of the Future: The Russian Avant-Garde 182 8 The Future as Present: Soviet Culture 204 9 After the Future: Russian Thaw Culture 233 10 Instead of the Apocalypse: Russian Culture Today 261 Conclusion: Whither Russian Literature 285 Notes 294 Bibliography 302 Index 308
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