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1 online resource (291 pages). |
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Studies in Slavic literature and poetics ; v. 45
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Studies in Slavic literature and poetics ; v. 45.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-283) and index. |
Contents |
Fonvizin and the Russian tour of Western Europe (1689-1789) -- Radishchev and domestic description (1767-97) -- Karamzin and the internal account (1791-1812) -- Returning to Europe (1812-25) -- Reimagining foreign and domestic space (1810-50). |
Summary |
Breaking Ground examines travel writing's contribution to the development of a Russian national culture from roughly 1700 to 1850, as Russia struggled to define itself against Western Europe. Russian examples of literary travel writing began with imitative descriptions of grand tours abroad, but progressive familiarity with the West and with its literary forms gradually enabled writers to find other ways of describing the experiences of Russians en route. Blending foreign and native cultural influences, writers responded to the pressures of the age--to Catherine II, Napoleon, and Nicholas I, fo. |
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Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Fonvizin, D. I. (Denis Ivanovich), 1745-1792.
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Fonvizin, D. I. (Denis Ivanovich), 1745-1792. |
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Radishchev, Aleksandr Nikolaevich, 1749-1802.
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Radishchev, Aleksandr Nikolaevich, 1749-1802. |
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Karamzin, Nikolaĭ Mikhaĭlovich, 1766-1826.
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Karamzin, Nikolaĭ Mikhaĭlovich, 1766-1826. |
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Travel writing.
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Travel writing. |
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Russian literature -- 18th century.
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Russian literature. |
Chronological Term |
18th century |
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Russian literature -- 19th century.
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Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Russians -- Travel.
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Russians -- Travel. |
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Russians. |
Chronological Term |
1700-1899 |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Dickinson, Sara. Breaking ground. Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2006 9042019492 (OCoLC)69950730 |
ISBN |
1423791819 (electronic book) |
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9781423791812 (electronic book) |
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9042019492 |
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9789042019492 |
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