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

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.

About the author

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.

Summary

Offers readers a biographical introduction, and analyses of the structure and the main themes of Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita. More curious readers will also enjoy the accounts of the novel's writing and publication history, alongside analyses of the work's astonishing linguistic complexity.

Additional text

“A Reader’s Companion to The Master and Margarita
succeeds in unpacking a novel which is complex thematically, textologically and
from a narrative perspective. The companion does this with rigour, clarity and
subtlety and, as such, represents an indispensable guide to a twentieth-century
Russian classic.”


—John Cook, University of
Melbourne, Australian Slavonic and East European Studies

Product details

• Authors: J. A. E. Curtis, J A E Curtis
• Publisher: Academic Studies Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 31.12.2019
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Fiction > Poetry, drama
• EAN: 9781644691335
• ISBN: 978-1-64469-133-5
• Pages: 194
• Dimensions (packing): 16.1 x 24 x 1.5 cm
• Weight (packing): 461 g
• Series: Companions to Russian Literatu