Bulgakov''s Last Decade - The Writer As Hero

Klappentext This book was the first full-length interpretative study in English of the later writings of the outstanding Soviet novelist and playwright Mikhail Bulgakov. Zusammenfassung This book was the first full-length interpretative study in English of the later writings of the outstanding Soviet novelist and playwright Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940). The focus is the 1930s, the period when Bulgakov was writing The Master and Margarita, an extraordinary novel which has had a profound impact in the Soviet Union and which is now generally regarded as his masterpiece. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Notes; 1. The tempering of the steel; 2. Bulgakov and Molière; 3. Pushkin and Gogol - Bulgakov's Russian masters: 4. The Master and Margarita - Manuscripts don't burn; 5. A Romantic vision; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: J. A. E. Curtis, Curtis J. A. E.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.09.2009
• EAN: 9780521106528
• ISBN: 978-0-521-10652-8
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Russian L; Cambridge Studies in Russian Literature
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Slavonic linguistics / literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Russian, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, LITERARY CRITICISM / Russian & Soviet, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form