| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 299 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Rome envy -- The blueprint: Dmitrii Merezhkovskii's Christ and antichrist -- Relinquishing empire? Valerii Briusov's Roman novels -- A "Roman Bolshevik": Aleksandr Blok's "Catiline" and the Russian Revolution -- The third Rome in exile: refitting the pieces in Viacheslav Ivanov's "Roman sonnets" -- Emperors in red: the poet and the court in Mikhail Kuzmin's Death of Nero -- Conclusion: Bulgakov and beyond. |
| Summary |
A wide-ranging study of empire, religious prophecy, and nationalism in literature, 'Russia's Rome' provides the first examination of Russia's self-identification with Rome during a period that encompassed the revolutions of 1905 and 1917 and the rise of the Soviet State. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Russian literature -- 19th century -- Classical influences.
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Russian literature. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Russian literature -- 20th century -- Classical influences.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Imperialism in literature.
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Imperialism in literature. |
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Rome -- In literature.
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Rome (Empire) |
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National characteristics, Russian, in literature.
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National characteristics, Russian, in literature. |
| Chronological Term |
Geschichte 1890-1921 |
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Geschichte 1922-1940 |
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1800-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kalb, Judith E. Russia's Rome. Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2008 9780299229207 (DLC) 2008011966 (OCoLC)224440950 |
| ISBN |
9780299229238 (electronic book) |
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0299229238 (electronic book) |
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9780299229207 |
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0299229203 |
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9780299229245 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
9786612788321 |
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