Research Catalog

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Description

1. ix, 171 p.; 24 cm.

Subject

1. Russian literature > 19th century > History and criticism
2. Russian literature > 20th century > History and criticism
3. Man-woman relationships in literature
4. Sex in literature
5. Revenge in literature

Contents

1. The evolution of attitudes towards female characters in Russian literature : an historical overview -- Spiritual and physical murder between man and woman : Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov -- Woman as sexual predator in Russian literary tradition : Tolstoy, Zoschenko and Trifonov -- Woman's infidelity as the cause for man's devastation : Tolstoy, Flaubert, Leskov, Turgenev, Kuprin, and Chekhov -- Anxiety about the strong woman : Turgenev, Leskov, and Bulgakov -- Surrogate for man-woman relations in post-war Soviet literature : Vasilyiev, Grossman, and Rasputin -- The eunuch as hero in late-Soviet and Perestroika literature : Dovlatov, Nagibin, and Polyakov -- Man as an object in literature by women : Shcherbakova, Rubina, Ulitskaya, Petrushevskaya, and Grekova -- Conclusion : sex as an animal act beyond comprehension.

Call number

1. JFE 08-7861

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-166) and index.

Author

1. Lapidus, Rina.

Title

1. Passion, humiliation, revenge : hatred in man-woman relationships in the 19th and 20th century Russian novel / Rina Lapidus.

Imprint

1. Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, c2008.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-166) and index.

LCCN

1. 2008016333

ISBN

1. 9780739127476 (cloth : alk. paper)
2. 0739127470 (cloth : alk. paper)

Research call number

1. JFE 08-7861