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Babel in Russian and Other Literatures and Topographies: The Tower, the State, and the Chaos of Language (Crosscurrents: Russia's Literature in Context)

Martin Meisel

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Description:This study analyzes the biblical Tower of Babel story, a cautionary tale that accounts for the diversity of languages and peoples, in Russian literature and other topographies. The author pursues its linking of language, architecture, and society as well as its relevance in art and literature over centuries. To come to terms with a perceived disorder in the realm of language, alternative explanations and projects for remediation abound. The disorder and diversity themselves find expression in art, literature, and philosophical reflection and caused the emergence of a historical linguistics. The ambition of the builders--with its social and organizational premise--reemerges in both political and material form as cities, states, and monumental constructions. Utopian aspirations and linguistic claims permeate both revolutionary notions of universality and the romantic essentialism of the nation state. These in turn provoke dystopian critique in literature and film. As Martin Meisel reveals in this study, the wrestle with language in its recalcitrant instability and imperfect social function enters into dialogue with the celebration of its diversity, elasticity, and creativity.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Babel in Russian and Other Literatures and Topographies: The Tower, the State, and the Chaos of Language (Crosscurrents: Russia's Literature in Context). To get started finding Babel in Russian and Other Literatures and Topographies: The Tower, the State, and the Chaos of Language (Crosscurrents: Russia's Literature in Context), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This study analyzes the biblical Tower of Babel story, a cautionary tale that accounts for the diversity of languages and peoples, in Russian literature and other topographies. The author pursues its linking of language, architecture, and society as well as its relevance in art and literature over centuries. To come to terms with a perceived disorder in the realm of language, alternative explanations and projects for remediation abound. The disorder and diversity themselves find expression in art, literature, and philosophical reflection and caused the emergence of a historical linguistics. The ambition of the builders--with its social and organizational premise--reemerges in both political and material form as cities, states, and monumental constructions. Utopian aspirations and linguistic claims permeate both revolutionary notions of universality and the romantic essentialism of the nation state. These in turn provoke dystopian critique in literature and film. As Martin Meisel reveals in this study, the wrestle with language in its recalcitrant instability and imperfect social function enters into dialogue with the celebration of its diversity, elasticity, and creativity.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Babel in Russian and Other Literatures and Topographies: The Tower, the State, and the Chaos of Language (Crosscurrents: Russia's Literature in Context). To get started finding Babel in Russian and Other Literatures and Topographies: The Tower, the State, and the Chaos of Language (Crosscurrents: Russia's Literature in Context), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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