Andrei Platonov - Uncertainties of Spirit

This is a 1992 study in English of a writer who belongs to a Russian philosophical tradition that includes Bakhtin and Pasternak.

List of contents

Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction: the problem of reading Platonov; 1. Consciousness and matter: Platonov in Voronezh and Tambov (1917-26); 2. Learning the language of being (1926-7); 3. Chevengur and the utopian genre; 4. Platonov and the culture of the Five-Year Plan (1929-31); 5. 'Socialist Realist' Platonov (1934-51); Conclusion; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.

Summary

This is a 1992 study in English of Andrei Platonov, a writer who belongs to a Russian philosophical tradition that includes Solov'ev, Bakhtin and Pasternak. The book investigates the interrelation of themes, imagery and the use of language in his prose.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Seifrid, Seifrid Thomas
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.04.1992
• EAN: 9780521405225
• ISBN: 978-0-521-40522-5
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 520 g
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Russian L; Cambridge Studies in Russian Literature
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Slavonic linguistics / literary studies; 20th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Russian, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Russian & Soviet