Neil Cornwell

Odoevsky's four pathways into modern fiction

A comparative study

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Produktbeschreibung

This book takes four stories by Vladimir Odoevsky, the Russian-Romantic author, to illustrate 'pathways' in modern fiction, developed further by subsequent writers. Featured here are: the artistic story, the rise of science fiction, aspects of the detective story, and of confession in the novel.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 178
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 209mm x 132mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 291g
• ISBN-13: 9780719082092
• ISBN-10: 0719082099
• Artikelnr.: 28247152

Autorenporträt

Neil Cornwell is Professor Emeritus (Russian and Comparative Studies) and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Bristol

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction 1. MUSICMAN: The Musical-Artistic
Story from Hoffmann and Odoevsky to Pasternak 2. STARMAN: The Rise of the
'Cosmic Traveller' 3. SEERMAN: The Rise of the Psychic Detective 4. MONK:
Duelling Confession within the Novel Appendix: two previously untranslated
short stories by Vladimir Odoevsky Two Days in the Life of the Terrestrial
Globe The Witness Index