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OverviewAn original reading of three famous novels reveals a significant shift in the Russian tradition of psychological prose; Justin Weir develops a persuasive analysis of the complex relationship between authorial self-reflection and literary tradition in three of the most famous Russian novels of the first half of the twentieth century: Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita, Boris Pasternak's Doctor Zhivago, and Vladimir Nabokov's The Gift. All three novelists respond to a dual crisis, according to Weir: the general modernist destabilization of identity, and the estrangement from literary tradition that followed the Russian Revolution. Using various self-reflexive literary devices (such as the mise en abyme), these authors reincorporate literary tradition into their works and, in the process, generate a distinctive view of identity. Character, in these novels, is neither the outcome of a continuous process of Building, nor a direct function of the individual's relation to larger historical events. Rather, character is defined in the act of writing itself, so that every hero must be a sort of author. The outcome is a new novelistic art that focuses on the identity of the artist as revealed through his writing. With its innovative interpretation of these novels and its compelling historical, cultural, and theoretical insights, The Author as Hero offers a new view of an important moment in the evolution of Russian literature. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Justin Weir , Andrei StepanovPublisher: Academic Studies Press Imprint: Academic Studies Press ISBN: 9798887190044Pages: 234 Publication Date: 15 September 2022 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationJustin McCabe Weir is Curt Hugo Reisinger Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Professor of Comparative Literature, and a faculty affiliate of the Department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies. He received his BA in Slavic Languages and Literatures from the University of Minnesota in 1991, and an MA (1993) and PhD(2007) in Slavic Languages and Literatures from Northwestern University. Weir writes and teaches primarily about novels, literary theory, and film. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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