Lermontov''s Narratives of Heroism

Informationen zum Autor Vladimir Golstein is an Associate Professor of Languages at Brown University. Klappentext This is the first study of Russian writer Mikhail Lermontov (1814-41) that attempts to integrate the in-depth interpretations of all his major texts. Lermontov's explorations of the virtues and limitations of heroic, self-reliant conduct have subsequently become obscured or misread. This new book focuses upon the peculiar, disturbing, and arguably most central feature of Russian culture: its suspicion of and hostility toward individual achievement and self-assertion. Zusammenfassung This is the first study of Russian writer Mikhail Lermontov (1814-41) that attempts to integrate the in-depth interpretations of all his major texts--including his famous A Hero of Our Time! the novel that laid the foundation for the Russian psychological novel.

Product details

• Authors: Vladimir Golstein
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.03.2012
• EAN: 9780810128729
• ISBN: 978-0-8101-2872-9
• No. of pages: 244
• Series: Studies in Russian Literature; Studies in Russian Literature
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Slavonic linguistics / literary studies