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Optical play : glass, vision, and spectacle in Russian culture

Title
Optical play : glass, vision, and spectacle in Russian culture / Julia Bekman Chadaga.
Author
Chadaga, Julia Bekman
Publication
Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2014.

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Description
xv, 315 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Northwestern University Press studies in Russian literature and theory
Uniform Title
Studies in Russian literature and theory.
Subject
  • Russian literature > History and criticism
  • Glass in literature
  • Vision in literature
  • Glass > Social aspects > Russia
  • Vision > Social aspects > Russia
  • Glass construction > Social aspects > Russia
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-305) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Looking through glass : the transformation of vision -- The language of glass : making rhetorical objects -- The display of power : spectacular glass in Imperial Russia -- Glass architecture : glimpses of utopia -- The glass house as dream and nightmare -- Light in captivity : the glass object as ideological spectacle -- Conclusion.
Call Number
JFE 15-171
ISBN
  • 9780810130036
  • 0810130033
  • 9780810167889
  • 0810167883
LCCN
2014018889
OCLC
879583912
Author
Chadaga, Julia Bekman, author.
Title
Optical play : glass, vision, and spectacle in Russian culture / Julia Bekman Chadaga.
Publisher
Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2014.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Northwestern University Press studies in Russian literature and theory
Studies in Russian literature and theory.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-305) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 15-171
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