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Book Synopsis
This work traces the construction of Russia's cultural landscape, showing how 19th-century representations of nature reflected and shaped Russians' ideas about themselves and their nation. It should appeal to those who are interested in landscape history and in Russian art and culture.

Trade Review

An elegant, stimulating and compelling work.

* Slavic and East European Journal *

Superbly researched, well written, and incisive.

* The Historian *

[Ely] deftly succeeds in bringing the Russian landscape, as it existed in the imaginations of travel writers, poets, and painters, into a bold new perspective.

* Journal of Modern History *

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowlegments
Introduction: Russia, Landscape, and National Identity
1. Arcadia on the Steppe
2. The Search for a Picturesque Russia
3. Landscapes of Nationality and Nostalgia
4. Outer Gloom and Inner Glory
5. To Paint the Russian Landscape
6. A Portrait of the Motherland
Conclusion: A Russian Sense of Place
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: Cornell University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 19/09/2002
      ISBN13: 9780875803036, 978-0875803036
      ISBN10: 0875803032
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This work traces the construction of Russia's cultural landscape, showing how 19th-century representations of nature reflected and shaped Russians' ideas about themselves and their nation. It should appeal to those who are interested in landscape history and in Russian art and culture.

      Trade Review

      An elegant, stimulating and compelling work.

      * Slavic and East European Journal *

      Superbly researched, well written, and incisive.

      * The Historian *

      [Ely] deftly succeeds in bringing the Russian landscape, as it existed in the imaginations of travel writers, poets, and painters, into a bold new perspective.

      * Journal of Modern History *

      Table of Contents

      Table of Contents
      Preface and Acknowlegments
      Introduction: Russia, Landscape, and National Identity
      1. Arcadia on the Steppe
      2. The Search for a Picturesque Russia
      3. Landscapes of Nationality and Nostalgia
      4. Outer Gloom and Inner Glory
      5. To Paint the Russian Landscape
      6. A Portrait of the Motherland
      Conclusion: A Russian Sense of Place
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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