Russian Montparnasse [electronic resource] : Transnational Writing in Interwar Paris /
Rubins, Marii︠a︡,1967-author.
This book reassesses the role of Russian Montparnasse writers in the articulation of transnational modernism generated by exile. Examining their production from a comparative perspective, it demonstrates that their response to urban modernity transcended the Russian master narrative and resonated with broader aesthetic trends in interwar Europe.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Russian Montparnasse as a transnational community -- Narrating the self: the existential code of inter-war literature. In the "waste land" of postwar Europe: facing the modern condition -- Who needs art? the human document and strategies of self-representation -- Human document or autofiction? -- Reading and writing the "Paris text". "A shared homeland for all foreigners": the Paris myth -- An illusory city: denationalization and the "mission" of the diaspora -- Below and beyond: alternative Paris -- Challenges of the Jazz Age. Post-traumatic hedonism -- Art Deco fiction -- Anthologizing the Jazz Age: Gaïto Gazdanov's The spectre of Alexander Wolf -- The canon re-defined: reading the Russian classics in Paris. "A third-rate rhymer" but a poet of genius: Lermontov and Russian Montparnasse -- "Backyard" literature: Vasily Rozanov's unlikely posthumous fame in Paris and beyond -- Dialogue with Tolstoy -- Conclusion.
This book reassesses the role of Russian Montparnasse writers in the articulation of transnational modernism generated by exile. Examining their production from a comparative perspective, it demonstrates that their response to urban modernity transcended the Russian master narrative and resonated with broader aesthetic trends in interwar Europe.
European literature.
Literature, Modern-20th century.
Fiction.
Literature-History and criticism.
European Literature.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Fiction.
Literary History.