Description
Book SynopsisExpectation is an integral part of the reading experience. Drama is a particularly rich and rewarding field for studying the complex ways in which such expectations are created. This book explores these expectations through the lens of twentieth-century Russian drama.
Trade Review"This book is interesting, thought-provoking reading that will hopefully spur more research in this area."
* Slavic and East European Journal *
"Lucid, well written, and including a good bibliography, this is impressive scholarship both in its contextual exegesis of the works and its graceful presentation of theory. Emphasis remains on the plays themselves. Recommended."
* Choice *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Note on Transliteration
Introduction
1. Intertextual Clusters: The Living Corpse in Russian Culture
2. The Seagull as Parody: Symbols and Expectations
3. Intertextual and Sexual Desire in Aleksandr Blok's The Unknown Woman
4. Intertextual Relations in Petrushka
5. The Adventures of a Leskov Story in Soviet Russia, or the Socialist Realist Opera that Wasn't
6. The Theatrical Life of Murdered Children
7. Banality Transformed: "Life with an Idiot" on the Page and on the Stage
Conclusion: Intertextual Expectation
Works Consulted
