J a E Curtis

A Reader's Companion to Mikhail Bulgakov's the Master and Margarita

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Produktbeschreibung

Readers are often left uncertain how to understand the rich meanings of Mikhail Bulgakov¿s comic and beautiful novel The Master and Margarita. To what extent is it political? Or religious? And how should we interpret the Satanic Woland? This Companion guides the readers through the work¿s thematic, structural and linguistic complexities.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Academic Studies Press
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 161mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 434g
• ISBN-13: 9781644691335
• ISBN-10: 1644691337
• Artikelnr.: 57026056

Autorenporträt

J. A. E. Curtis has been exploring the life and works of Mikhail Bulgakov since the 1970s, when The Master and Margarita sensationally appeared for the first time. She teaches Russian Literature at the University of Oxford, and has also published research on Evgenii Zamiatin, and on 21st-century Russian drama.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Foreword 1. Bulgakov
s Life: Formative Years and First Successes
1891
1928 2. Bulgakov
s Life: Battling the Censor, and Writing The Master and Margaritä1929-1940 3. The Master and Margarita: Drafts and Final Version 4. Publication History of The Master and Margarita in Russian 5. A Tale of Two Cities: The Structure of The Master and Margarita 6. Woland: Good and Evil in The Master and Margarita  7. Pilate and Ieshua: Biblical Themes in The Master and Margarita                8. Political Satire in The Master and Margarita 9. Literature and the Writer in The Master and Margarita 10.
So who are you, then?
: Narrative voices in The Master and Margarita, Followed by a Stylistic Analysis of Extracts from the Text 11. English Translations of The Master and Margarita Afterword
A Personal Reflection Acknowledgements Bibliography Index