Rivers in Russian Literature

Rivers in Russian Literature
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Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Total Pages : 310
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ISBN-10 : 9781644531952
ISBN-13 : 164453195X
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Book Synopsis Rivers in Russian Literature by : Margaret Ziolkowski

Download or read book Rivers in Russian Literature written by Margaret Ziolkowski and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2020-11-20 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rivers in Russian Literature focuses on the Russian literary and folkloric treatment of five rivers—the Dnieper, Volga, Neva, Don, and Angara. Each chapter traces, within a geographical and historical context, the evolution of the literary representation of one river. Imagination may endow a river with aesthetic or spiritual qualities; ethnic, national, or racial associations; or commercial or agricultural symbolism of many kinds. Russian literary responses to these five rivers have much to tell us about the society that produced them as well as the rivers they treat. Distributed for UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE PRESS


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