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This book takes four stories by Vladimir Odoevsky, the Russian-Romantic author, to illustrate 'pathways' in modern fiction, developed further by subsequent writers. Featured here are: the artistic story, the rise of science fiction, aspects of the detective story, and of confession in the novel. -- .

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. MUSICMAN: The Musical-Artistic Story from Hoffmann and Odoevsky to Pasternak
2. STARMAN: The Rise of the ‘Cosmic Traveller’
3. SEERMAN: The Rise of the Psychic Detective
4. MONK: Duelling Confession within the Novel
Appendix: two previously untranslated short stories by Vladimir Odoevsky
Two Days in the Life of the Terrestrial Globe
The Witness
Index

Odoevskys Four Pathways into Modern Fiction

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      Publisher Manchester University Press
      Published 7 January 2010
      ISBN-13 9780719082092
      978-0719082092
      ISBN-10 0719082099

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book takes four stories by Vladimir Odoevsky, the Russian-Romantic author, to illustrate 'pathways' in modern fiction, developed further by subsequent writers. Featured here are: the artistic story, the rise of science fiction, aspects of the detective story, and of confession in the novel. -- .

      Table of Contents

      Preface and Acknowledgements
      Introduction
      1. MUSICMAN: The Musical-Artistic Story from Hoffmann and Odoevsky to Pasternak
      2. STARMAN: The Rise of the ‘Cosmic Traveller’
      3. SEERMAN: The Rise of the Psychic Detective
      4. MONK: Duelling Confession within the Novel
      Appendix: two previously untranslated short stories by Vladimir Odoevsky
      Two Days in the Life of the Terrestrial Globe
      The Witness
      Index

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