Babel in Russian and Other Literatures and Topographies - The Tower, the State, and the Chaos of Language

This study analyzes the biblical Tower of Babel story, a cautionary tale that accounts for the diversity of languages and peoples, in Russian literature and other topographies. The author pursues its linking of language, architecture, and society as well as its relevance in art and literature over centuries.

List of contents

Preface: A Second Fall
Part I. Words and Things
Chapter 1: Nimrod's Tower.
Chapter 2: Monody and Polyphony
Chapter 3: The Horizon of Etcetera.
Part II: Building the Future
Chapter 4: The Monument and the Labyrinth
Chapter 5: The Electric City
Chapter 6: Public and Private
Chapter 7: After Babel

About the author

By Martin Meisel

Summary

This study analyzes the biblical Tower of Babel story, a cautionary tale that accounts for the diversity of languages and peoples, in Russian literature and other topographies. The author pursues its linking of language, architecture, and society as well as its relevance in art and literature over centuries.

Product details

• Authors: Martin Meisel, Meisel Martin
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9781498588379
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-8837-9
• No. of pages: 168
• Series: Crosscurrents: Russia's Litera; Crosscurrents: Russia's Literature in Context
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Slavonic linguistics / literary studies; Russia, European History, Literary studies: general, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, History of other geographical groupings and regions, HISTORY / Russia / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Russian & Soviet