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The imperative of reliability : Russian prose on the eve of the novel, 1820s-1850s

Title
The imperative of reliability : Russian prose on the eve of the novel, 1820s-1850s / Victoria Somoff.
Author
Somoff, Victoria
Publication
Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, [2015].

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Description
x, 238 pages; 24 cm.
Series Statement
SRLT, Northwestern University Press studies in Russian literature and theory
Uniform Title
Studies in Russian literature and theory.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-230) and index.
Contents
Introduction: the novel in prose -- Framing the truth : discourse as the object of discourse in the 1820s-30s -- In search of lost voice : the tale collector in the prose cycle -- The limits of optic power in the society tale -- Types, doubles, and the fantastical sources of narrative realism -- No need for dogs or women : transparent minds in Turgenev -- Waking up to the novel: the dream origin of Goncharov's Oblomov -- Afterword and afterward: Tolstoy's After the ball.
Call Number
JFE 15-3875
ISBN
  • 9780810130579 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0810130572 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780810168213 (ebook)
  • 0810168219 (ebook)
LCCN
2014038245
OCLC
879583933
Author
Somoff, Victoria, author.
Title
The imperative of reliability : Russian prose on the eve of the novel, 1820s-1850s / Victoria Somoff.
Publisher
Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, [2015].
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
SRLT, Northwestern University Press studies in Russian literature and theory
Studies in Russian literature and theory.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-230) and index.
Chronological Term
1800 - 1899.
Research Call Number
JFE 15-3875
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