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Book SynopsisThe first in-depth examination of Sinyavsky's satirical side,Literary Insinuations: Sorting out Sinyavsky's Irreverence not only discusses the relatively under-analysed area of playful and provocative writing, but also ties together a number of loose ends in the fascinating and often contentious field of Sinyavsky scholarship.
Trade Review...With it's broad scope and solid bibliography it will serve as a resource for further investigations of Sinyavsky/Terts. * Slavic and East European Journal *
Whether writing as himself or as the irrepressible Abram Terts, Andrei Siniavskii did not make it easy for academic critics who have to deal with the fact that this heroic imagination could not be contained by just one identity. Walter Kolonkosky's book is the latest worthy attempt to capture these two elusive characters….Using an impressive number of sources, as well as the records of his own discussion with Siniavskii, Kolonosky provides a detailed evaluation of the author's other gosizdat (official) and samizdat literary criticism. -- Kathleen Parthe * Slavic Review, Vol. 64, No. 2 *
With Kolonosky's strong background in Sinyavsky scholarship, he sees connections and provides readings that get to the heart of Sinyavsky's oeuvre. -- Erica Haber, Syracuse University
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Satirists on Trial Chapter 3 Platforms for Satire Chapter 4 Constant Polarities, Scholarship, Ventriloquism Chapter 5 Early Polemics Chapter 6 Sword and Shield: Mayakovsky Chapter 7 Forbidden Themes, Disputation, Autobiography Chapter 8 Beauty and the Beast: An Allegory of Self and Other Chapter 9 Bringing Terts to Paris: New Literary Confrontations Chapter 10 Strolling with Rozanov Chapter 11 Metafiction with Barbs Chapter 12 Fantasy and Folklore Chapter 13 The Wit of a Literary Scholar Chapter 14 The Final Polemic: Targeting the Russian Intelligentsia
