Saints and revolutionaries : the ascetic hero in Russian literature /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Morris, Marcia A., 1952-
Imprint:	Albany : State University of New York Press, c1993.
Description:	x, 256 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Studies of the Harriman Institute
Subject:	Russian literature -- History and criticism Ascetics in literature Saints in literature Heroes in literature Revolutionaries in literature Ascetics in literature. Heroes in literature. Revolutionaries in literature. Russian literature. Saints in literature. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1452237

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ISBN:	0791412997 (CH : acid-free paper) 0791413004 (PB : acid-free paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-241) and index.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Introduction
The Nonreturning Hero
Chapter 1. Origins
Chapter 2. Kievan Ascetics: Resistance to the Type
Chapter 3. Visions of the End: The Life of Avraamii Smolenskii
Chapter 4. Ascetics of the North: Stabilization and Decline
Chapter 5. The Unidimensional Hero in a Multidimensional World: Gogol, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky
Chapter 6. Visions of the Perfect Society
Chapter 7. Racing against Time: Ascetics of the Thirties
Conclusion
Notes
Works Cited
Studies of the Harriman Institute
Index

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