Anna Aydinyan

Formalists Against Imperialism

The Death of Vazir-Mukhtar and Russian Orientalism

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Formalists against Imperialism reveals the artistic foresight of Russian formalist and modernist writer Yuri Tynianov into the phenomenon later known as Orientalism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 150mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781487543853
• ISBN-10: 1487543859
• Artikelnr.: 63661378

Autorenporträt

Anna Aydinyan is an assistant professor of Russian at Kenyon College.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
A Note on Translations and Transliteration
Introduction
1. Colonial Management of Transcaucasia and the Ideas of the European
Enlightenment
2. The "Oriental Journeys" in The Death of Vazir-Mukhtar
3. A Novelistic Outline of Orientalism
4. "The Fountain of Bakhchisaray": The Harem of the Russian Empire
5. Infant Asia and Stenka Razin: Persia in the Works of the Soviet
Avant-Garde
6. The "Treacherous Eunuch" in Pursuit of Freedom: Search for Authenticity
in the Works of Montesquieu and Tynianov
7. Facing the Future and Confronting the Former Self: An Iranian
Delegation’s Visit to Petersburg in 1829 and Its Interpretation in 1929
8. Knowledge Is Power: The Death of Vazir-Mukhtar as a Parody of a Spy
Novel
Conclusion: Tynianov’s Anti-imperialist Legacy and the 2010 Television
Adaptation of His Novel
Notes
Bibliography
Index