{"product_id":"a-readers-guide-to-andrei-belys-petersburg-9780299319342","title":"A Readers Guide to Andrei Belys Petersburg","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndrei Bely's 1913 masterwork \u003cem\u003ePetersburg\u003c\/em\u003e is widely regarded as the most important Russian novel of the twentieth century. This volume summarises the intellectual and artistic contexts that informed \u003cem\u003ePetersburg\u003c\/em\u003e's creation and reception, and reviews the interpretive possibilities contained in the novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe fifteen distinguished contributors do more than elucidate a world-class novel. They provide capsule courses on a spectrum of topics that mattered deeply to Andrei Bely but are obscure to many readers today: anthroposophy, neoKantianism, 'life-creation,' racial thinking, political terrorism. A path-breaking literary portal.\" - Caryl Emerson, Princeton University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Succeeds in making a challenging modernist novel more accessible to nonspecialists. Students and fans of Bely's work at every level will appreciate this fine and informative critical companion to \u003ci\u003ePetersburg\u003c\/i\u003e.\" - Emily Johnson, author of \u003ci\u003eHow St. Petersburg Learned to Study Itself\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A timely and useful guide for those reading and teaching Bely's brilliant modernist novel. This volume makes Bely's fascinating masterpiece more accessible to those outside Russian studies.\" - \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLeonid Livak\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn Translating \u003ci\u003ePetersburg\u003c\/i\u003e, John Elsworth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart One. The Intellectual Context\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRevolutionary Terrorism and Provocation in \u003ci\u003ePetersburg\u003c\/i\u003e, Lynn E. Patyk\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003ePetersburg\u003c\/i\u003e and Modern Occultism, Maria Carlson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003ePetersburg\u003c\/i\u003e and Russian Nietzscheanism, Edith W. Clowes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNeo-Kantianism in \u003ci\u003ePetersburg\u003c\/i\u003e, Timothy Langen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003ePetersburg \u003c\/i\u003eand the Philosophy of Henri Bergson, Hilary Fink\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003ePetersburg \u003c\/i\u003eand the New Science of Psychology, Judith Wermuth-Atkinson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003ePetersburg\u003c\/i\u003e and Contemporary Racial Thought, Henrietta Mondry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003ePetersburg\u003c\/i\u003e as Apocalyptic Fiction, David M. Bethea\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart Two. The Aesthetic Context\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003ePetersburg\u003c\/i\u003e and Music in Modernist Theory and Literature, Steven Cassedy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheatricality and \u003ci\u003eLife-Creation\u003c\/i\u003e in Russian Modernist Culture and in Andrei Bely's \u003ci\u003ePetersburg\u003c\/i\u003e, Colleen McQuillen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003ePetersburg\u003c\/i\u003e and Modernist Painting with Words, Olga Matich\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003ePetersburg\u003c\/i\u003e and Urbanism in the Modernist Novel, Taras Koznarsky\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003ePetersburg\u003c\/i\u003e and the Problem of Consciousness in Modernist Fiction, Violeta Sotirova\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAids for Reading and Studying \u003ci\u003ePetersburg\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn Annotated Synopsis, Leonid Livak\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecommended Critical Literature in English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359010226519,"sku":"9780299319342","price":18.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780299319342.jpg?v=1754123212","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-readers-guide-to-andrei-belys-petersburg-9780299319342","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}