Vicissitudes of genre in the Russian novel
Subtitle: Turgenev's "Fathers and sons", Chernyshevsky's "What is to be done?", Dostoevsky's "Demons", Gorky's "Mother"
By: Russell Scott Valentino.
Series: Middlebury studies in Russian language and literature ;; v. 24
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
Subjects: Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich, 1818-1883.; Chernyshevsky, Nikolay Gavrilovich, 1828-1889.; Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881.; Gorky, Maksim, 1868-1936.; Russian fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; Russian fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Description: "The 1860s witnessed one of the most vibrant periods in the history of modern Russian literature. This book focuses on what was arguably its most influential genre - the Russian tendentious novel.

While tracing the genre's early development through works such as Fathers and Sons and Notes from Underground, it simultaneously unfolds a unique approach to reading late-nineteenth-century Russian literature by showing how rich conflicting interpretations of the classics continue to be possible and by indicating numerous deep-rooted connections between the tendentious novels of the nineteenth century and their twentieth-century literary progeny."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-161) and index.