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The Reluctant Modernist

Roger Keys

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Description:Andrei Belyi (1880-1934) is generally regarded as the greatest and most influential prose-writer to emerge from the Symbolist movement in Russia at the turn of the twentieth century. His early prose 'symphonies' and novels are often compared with the work of such European 'modernists' as Joyce and Proust. This is the first book to attempt a systematic analysis of the place of Belyi's fiction within the 'modernist' prose tradition in Russia, a tradition which has been obscured by decades of ideological distortion. Paradoxically, Belyi himself, a mystic by nature who sought only transcendent certainty from the flux of experience, would have been reluctant to claim this 'modernist' tradition as his own. Keys demonstrates the inadequacy of the various other 'isms' (Symbolism, Impressionism, etc.) which have until recently bedevilled most critical attempts to analyse the prose of the period, giving a comprehensive overview of Belyi criticism both within and beyond the Soviet Union. The book includes a detailed analysis of Belyi's prose works written before the First World War, paying keen attention to his philosophical and literary influences, including his extensive reading of Kant and Gogol and its particular effect upon his theory and practice, and locating him firmly within his own Russian context. Sections devoted to Belyi's greatest novel, Petersburg, and other works, such as The Silver Dove and Dramatic Symphony, analyse Belyi's use of structure and plot, recurrent leitmotifs and related forms of symbolism. The book investigates Belyi's attempts to reconcile the Symbolist vision of the writer as having revelatory mystical authority with the more customary notion of 'perspectivism', ofimplied author, narrator and character offering a number of different voices which cannot claim cognitive authority beyond the fictional context in which they occur.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 The Reluctant Modernist. To get started finding The Reluctant Modernist, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 296

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Release: 1996

ISBN: qyR8AAAAIAAJ

Description: Andrei Belyi (1880-1934) is generally regarded as the greatest and most influential prose-writer to emerge from the Symbolist movement in Russia at the turn of the twentieth century. His early prose 'symphonies' and novels are often compared with the work of such European 'modernists' as Joyce and Proust. This is the first book to attempt a systematic analysis of the place of Belyi's fiction within the 'modernist' prose tradition in Russia, a tradition which has been obscured by decades of ideological distortion. Paradoxically, Belyi himself, a mystic by nature who sought only transcendent certainty from the flux of experience, would have been reluctant to claim this 'modernist' tradition as his own. Keys demonstrates the inadequacy of the various other 'isms' (Symbolism, Impressionism, etc.) which have until recently bedevilled most critical attempts to analyse the prose of the period, giving a comprehensive overview of Belyi criticism both within and beyond the Soviet Union. The book includes a detailed analysis of Belyi's prose works written before the First World War, paying keen attention to his philosophical and literary influences, including his extensive reading of Kant and Gogol and its particular effect upon his theory and practice, and locating him firmly within his own Russian context. Sections devoted to Belyi's greatest novel, Petersburg, and other works, such as The Silver Dove and Dramatic Symphony, analyse Belyi's use of structure and plot, recurrent leitmotifs and related forms of symbolism. The book investigates Belyi's attempts to reconcile the Symbolist vision of the writer as having revelatory mystical authority with the more customary notion of 'perspectivism', ofimplied author, narrator and character offering a number of different voices which cannot claim cognitive authority beyond the fictional context in which they occur.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 The Reluctant Modernist. To get started finding The Reluctant Modernist, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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