"Russia haunted the British cultural imagination throughout the 20th century - whether as a romantic source of literary and political inspiration or as a warning of creeping totalitarianism. In this new book, Ira B. Nadel, charts the story of that influence through the work of some of the key figures in British literature across the century, including Virginia Woolf, H.G. Wells, Samuel Beckett and Tom Stoppard"--
"Russia haunted the British cultural imagination throughout the 20th century - whether as a romantic source of literary and political inspiration or as a warning of creeping totalitarianism. In this new book, Ira B. Nadel, charts the story of that influence through the work of some of the key figures in British literature across the century, including Virginia Woolf, H.G. Wells, Samuel Beckett and Tom Stoppard"--Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Ira Nadel is UBC Distinguished University Scholar at the University of British Columbia, Canada. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a prolific critic and biographer whose previous publications include David Mamet: A Life in the Theatre (Methuen Drama, 2008) and Modernism's Second Act (2013)
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Introduction: 'Magnanimous Despair' Prelude: Walter Benjamin in Love Ch. 1 Somerset Maugham: 'Love and Russian Literature' Ch. 2 H. Bruce Lockhart: Love and Revolution Ch. 3 Jane Harrison: In Love with Language Ch. 4 William Gerhardie: Flattery is Not Enough Interlude: Edmund Wilson: In Love with Lenin/ EdmundWilson Russian Love Ch. 5 H.G. Wells: Triangles Ch. 6 Virginia Woolf: The Sound of Russian Love Postscript: Isaiah Berlin: From the Finland Station Index
Introduction: 'Magnanimous Despair' Prelude: Walter Benjamin in Love Ch. 1 Somerset Maugham: 'Love and Russian Literature' Ch. 2 H. Bruce Lockhart: Love and Revolution Ch. 3 Jane Harrison: In Love with Language Ch. 4 William Gerhardie: Flattery is Not Enough Interlude: Edmund Wilson: In Love with Lenin/ EdmundWilson Russian Love Ch. 5 H.G. Wells: Triangles Ch. 6 Virginia Woolf: The Sound of Russian Love Postscript: Isaiah Berlin: From the Finland Station Index
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