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

Author/creator Lapidus, Rina
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLanham, MD : Lexington Books,
Descriptionix, 171 p. ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Russian literature--19th century. --History and criticism.
Russian literature--20th century. --History and criticism.
Man-woman relationships in literature.
Sex in literature.
Revenge in literature.

Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 157-166) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2008016333
ISBN9780739127476 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0739127470 (cloth : alk. paper)

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