Mimesis - The Literature of the Soviet Avant-Garde

The politics of literature in the construction of worlds

List of contents

Introduction: The Analytical Anthropology of Literature by Ioulia Podoroga

PART I. Eunuch of the Soul
Introduction: Homo ex machina
1 Positions of Reading
2 History as Nature
3 The Inventor of Machines

PART II. The Fainting of the World
Introduction: Fear of High Noon
1 Alea: A General Theory of Chance
2 Reverse Rotation
3 Conversations: A Community of Friends in Time

About the author

Valery Podoroga was born in Moscow in 1946 and was a leading figure at the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Science until his death in 2020. With a particular focus on 19th century Russian literature he developed his thesis of Analytic Anthropology. The author of over 200 articles and ten monographs, he was award the prestigious Andrei Bely Prize for literature in 2001.

Summary

The politics of literature in the construction of worlds

Product details

• Authors: Evgeni V. Pavlov, Ioulia Podoroga, Valery Podoroga
• Assisted by: Ioulia Podoroga (Introduction), Evgeni V. Pavlov (Translation)
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.07.2024
• EAN: 9781804294895
• ISBN: 978-1-80429-489-5
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Slavonic linguistics / literary studies; Avant-garde, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Politics, Comparative Literature, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, Soviet style, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Russian & Soviet