Cornwell Odoevsky's four pathways into modern fiction

A comparative study
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-84779-284-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 176 Seiten

This book takes four stories by Vladimir Odoevsky, the Russian-Romantic author, to illustrate 'pathways' in modern fiction, developed further by subsequent writers. Featured here are: the artistic story, the rise of science fiction, aspects of the detective story, and of confession in the novel.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cornwell, Neil

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Slawische Literaturen Ostslawische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. MUSICMAN: The Musical-Artistic Story from Hoffmann and Odoevsky to Pasternak
2. STARMAN: The Rise of the ‘Cosmic Traveller’
3. SEERMAN: The Rise of the Psychic Detective
4. MONK: Duelling Confession within the Novel
Appendix: two previously untranslated short stories by Vladimir Odoevsky
Two Days in the Life of the Terrestrial Globe
The Witness
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Cornwell Neil:
Neil Cornwell is Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature at the University of BristolNeil Cornwell is Professor Emeritus (Russian and Comparative Studies) and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Bristol