Title: The dark mirror =
First published: 1997
Description: "Scholarly interest in the relationship between Russia and America has most often focused on a dialectic of social and political difference. Distinct from this approach, The Dark Mirror explores the way in which American literary identities have emerged out of intense dialogue with Russian culture. Drawing on the ideas of Mikhail Bakhtin, the study traces the historical connections that have drawn American writers into the orbit of Russian literature and culture during the period 1860-1917. Individual chapters are devoted to Henry James, Willa Cather, and Sherwood Anderson as each reads the figures of Russian literature against a native American tradition. The concluding chapter initiates discussion on the ways in which literary influence is bound up with a dialogue shaped by the needs of social identity and political power."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: American and Russian, American literature, Appreciation, Comparative Literature, History and criticism, In literature, Intertextuality, Literature, Comparative, Politics and literature, Russian and American, Russian influences, Russian literature, American literature, history and criticism, 20th century, American literature, history and criticism, 19th century, Russia (federation), Littérature américaine, Histoire et critique, Influence russe, Littérature russe, Appréciation, Littérature comparée, Américaine et russe, Russe et américaine, Politique et littérature, Russie dans la littérature, Intertextualité
Places: Russia, United States
Time periods: 19th century, 20th century
LC classification: PS159.R8 W55 1997