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The volume contains essays and reviews written over thirty years, linked loosely by three themes. First is the global resonance of Mikhail Bakhtin as moral philosopher, theorist of dialogue, and cultural totem. How does his worldview complement that of his friendly rivals the formalists (and later semioticians), and which aspects of his value-system have been most cogently criticized? Second is an application of Bakhtinian principles of transp...

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The Oxford Handbook of Russian Religious Thought is an authoritative new reference and interpretive volume detailing the origins, development, and influence of one of the richest aspects of Russian cultural and intellectual life - its religious ideas.

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Modest Musorgskij è oggi considerato il più grande operista russo di tutti i tempi. Eppure alla sua scomparsa, avvenuta nel 1881 a S. Pietroburgo, all'età di quarantadue anni, i suoi contemporanei lo ricordavano per una singola opera, Boris Godunov, e per un pugno di "eccentriche" composizioni per canto e pianoforte. La sua condizione era al limite dell'indigenza, non aveva rapporti istituzionali, né riconoscimenti accademici, né famiglia, e n...

This is a biography of Russia's greatest musical dramatist, Modest Musorgsky (1839 1881).

All the Same the Words Don't Go Away' brings together twenty-five years of essays and reviews, linked loosely by three themes. First is the creative potential inherent in transposing classic literary texts into other genres or media (operatic, dramatic) and the responsibilities, if any, that govern the transposer, audience, and critic. The practice of transposition, however, gives rise to a creative confl ict: is there a limit to the amount ...

The essays in Rethinking Bakhtin: Extensions and Challenges extend Bakhtin's concepts in important new directions and challenge Bakhtin's own use of his most cherished ideas. Four sets of paired essays explore the theory of parody, the relation of de Man's poetics to Bakhtin's dialogics, Bakhtin's approach to Tolstoy and ideological literature generally, and the dangers of dialogue, not only in practice but also as an ideal.

This work explores the revolutionary impact of Bakhtin's ideas have carried in contemporary discussions of language, art, culture and social science in recent years.

The full range of literary traditions comes to life in the Twayne Critical Essays Series. Volume editors have carefully selected critical essays that represent the full spectrum of controversies, trends and methodologies relating to each author's work. Essays include writings from the author's native country and abroad, with interpretations from the time they were writing, through the present day.Each volume includes: -- An introduction provid...

Essays represent the best-known works of this Russian philosopher and literary theorist. Includes distinctions between Bakhtin as social critic and philosopher.

Caryl Emerson and Robert Oldani take a comprehensive look at the most famous Russian opera, Modest Musorgsky's Boris Godunov.

The tale of Boris Godunov -- tsar, usurper, tsarecide -- dating from theearly seventeenth-century Time of Troubles, inspired three major nineteenth-centuryRussian cultural expressions: in history by Nikolai Karamzin, in drama by AlexanderPushkin, and in opera by Modest Musorgsky. Each of these famous creations was avehicle for generic innovation, in which a specifically Russian concept of genre wasasserted in opposition to the reigning Europea...

An engaging overview of the Russian literary tradition, with a glossary and guide to further reading.

An engaging overview of the Russian literary tradition, with a glossary and guide to further reading.

Caryl Emerson and Robert Oldani take a comprehensive look at the most famous Russian opera, Modest Musorgsky's Boris Godunov.