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The Exotic Prisoner in Russian Romanticism
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The Exotic Prisoner in Russian Romanticism Hardcover - 1997

by Paul M. Austin


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Besides new themes of alienation and desires for self-fulfillment, European Romanticism brought to Russian literature the congenial themes of captivity and exotic worlds. Between 1820 and 1840 there developed an enormous literature with hosts of prisoners in exotic locales in the Caucasus. Loneliness and desire for freedom competed with elaborate descriptions of unknown peoples - Chechens, Georgians, Tatars and Circassians - to produce a literature of unparalleled brilliance, brought to a dazzling culmination by Lermontov's -Bela- in 1839. The exotic prisoner theme with its exotic trappings then disappears, leaving as its heritage the powerful themes of loneliness and introspection which other writers were subsequently to give their own unique treatment."

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  • Title The Exotic Prisoner in Russian Romanticism
  • Author Paul M. Austin
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 214
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W, New York
  • Date 1997-11
  • ISBN 9780820433462 / 0820433462
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Eastern Europe
    • Cultural Region: Russian
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96018972
  • Dewey Decimal Code 891.709

About the author

The Author: After early education in China and England, Paul M. Austin received his B.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Toronto and his M.A. from Cornell University. At McGill University from 1968, he has been the Chair of the Department of Russian and Slavic Studies since 1980. A frequent visitor to Russia, he is particularly interested in the Russian's relationships with other societies.
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