{"product_id":"russian-montparnasse-transnational-writing-in-interwar-paris-palgrave-studies-in-modern-european-literature-9781137508003","title":"Russian Montparnasse Transnational Writing in Interwar Paris Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book reassesses the role of Russian Montparnasse writers in the articulation of transnational modernism generated by exile. Examining their production from a comparative perspective, it demonstrates that their response to urban modernity transcended the Russian master narrative and resonated with broader aesthetic trends in interwar Europe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis monograph explores the transnational Modernism practiced by the younger generation, sometimes dubbed the ‘unnoticed generation,’ of Russian emigre writers in interwar Paris. … Scholars of comparative literature or the French and Anglo-American literature of the interwar period will benefit from this work as much as will Russian literature specialists. Nabokov scholars will also find considerable comparative context and discussion of some of the literary debates ongoing in the emigre journals.” (Luke Franklin, Slavic and East European Journal, Vol. 60 (2), 2016)\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Russian Montparnasse as a Transnational Community PART I: NARRATING THE SELF: THE EXISTENTIAL CODE OF INTER-WAR LITERATURE 1. In the 'Waste Land' of Postwar Europe: Facing the Modern Condition 2. Who Needs Art? The Human Document and Strategies of Self-Representation 3. Human Document or Autofiction? PART II: READING AND WRITING THE 'PARIS TEXT' 4. 'A Shared Homeland for All Foreigners': The Paris Myth. 5. An Illusory City: Denationalization and the 'Mission' of the Diaspora  6. Below and Beyond: Alternative Paris  PART III: CHALLENGES OF THE JAZZ AGE 7. Post-Traumatic Hedonism  8. Art Deco Fiction 9. Anthologizing the Jazz Age: Gaito Gazdanov's The Spectre of Alexander Wolf  PART IV: THE CANON RE-DEFINED: READING THE RUSSIAN CLASSICS IN PARIS 10. 'A third-rate rhymer ... but a poet of genius': Lermontov and Russian Montparnasse 11. 'Backyard' Literature: Vasily Rozanov's Unlikely Posthumous Fame in Paris and Beyond 12. Dialogue with Tolstoy  Conclusion Bibliography Index","brand":"Palgrave MacMillan UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769071403351,"sku":"9781137508003","price":85.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781137508003.jpg?v=1758719527","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/russian-montparnasse-transnational-writing-in-interwar-paris-palgrave-studies-in-modern-european-literature-9781137508003","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}