Martin Meisel

Babel in Russian and Other Literatures and Topographies

The Tower, the State, and the Chaos of Language

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This study analyzes the biblical Tower of Babel story, a cautionary tale that accounts for the diversity of languages and peoples, in Russian literature and other topographies. The author pursues its linking of language, architecture, and society as well as its relevance in art and literature over centuries.

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Produktdetails

• Crosscurrents: Russia's Literature in Context
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 170
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 406g
• ISBN-13: 9781498588379
• ISBN-10: 1498588379
• Artikelnr.: 56970390

Autorenporträt

Martin Meisel is Brander Matthews Professor Emeritus of dramatic literature at Columbia University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: A Second Fall Part I. Words and Things Chapter 1: Nimrod's Tower.
Chapter 2: Monody and Polyphony Chapter 3: The Horizon of Etcetera. Part
II: Building the Future Chapter 4: The Monument and the Labyrinth Chapter
5: The Electric City Chapter 6: Public and Private Chapter 7: After Babel