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The Irony of the Ideal: Paradoxes of Russian Literature

The Irony of the Ideal: Paradoxes of Russian Literature Paperback / softback - 2018

by Mikhail Epstein

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Paperback / softback. New. Explores the major paradoxes of Russian literature as a manifestation of both tragic and ironic contradictions of human nature and national character. Russian literature is studied as a holistic text that plays on the reversal of such opposites as being and nothingness, reality and simulation, and rationality and absurdity.
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  • Title The Irony of the Ideal: Paradoxes of Russian Literature
  • Author Mikhail Epstein
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Condition New
  • Pages 440
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Academic Studies Press
  • Date 2018-09-28
  • Bookseller's Inventory # A9781618119827
  • ISBN 9781618119827 / 1618119826
  • Weight 1.4 lbs (0.64 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.93 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 2.36 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Cultural Region: Russian
  • Dewey Decimal Code 891.709

About the author

Mikhail Epstein is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Cultural Theory and Russian Literature at Emory University (USA) and Honorary Professor of Durham University (UK). His research interests include new directions in the humanities, contemporary philosophy and religion, Russian literature, and postmodernism. He has authored 30 books, and his works have been translated into 23 languages.