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The metaphor of the nomad may at first seem surprising for Russia given its history of serfdom, travel restrictions, and strict social hierarchy. This book traces the image of the nomad and its relationship to Russian national identity through the debates and discussion of works by writers like Karamzin, Pushkin, Goncharov, and Dostoevsky.

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This monograph makes an important contribution to scholarship on classical Russian literature and thought.

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A Nation Astray shows that normative ideas of civilization, originating in Western Europe, put Russia in a difficult situation, from which the road and the nomad offered one, sometimes elusive, escape.

* The Russian Review *

A Nation Astray

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      Publisher: Cornell University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/11/2012
      ISBN13: 9780875804613, 978-0875804613
      ISBN10: 0875804616
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      Literary studies: general Nationalism and nationalist ideologies and movements

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The metaphor of the nomad may at first seem surprising for Russia given its history of serfdom, travel restrictions, and strict social hierarchy. This book traces the image of the nomad and its relationship to Russian national identity through the debates and discussion of works by writers like Karamzin, Pushkin, Goncharov, and Dostoevsky.

      Trade Review

      This monograph makes an important contribution to scholarship on classical Russian literature and thought.

      * Slavonic and East European Review *

      A Nation Astray shows that normative ideas of civilization, originating in Western Europe, put Russia in a difficult situation, from which the road and the nomad offered one, sometimes elusive, escape.

      * The Russian Review *

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