From orientalism to cultural capital : the myth of Russia in British literature of the 1920s / Olga Soboleva and Augus Wrenn.
From Orientalism to Cultural Capital presents a fascinating account of the wave of Russophilia that pervaded British literary culture in the early twentieth century. The authors bring a new approach to the study of this period, exploring the literary phenomenon through two theoretical models from th...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Peter Lang,
[2017]
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| Online Access: | JSTOR Open Access |
| Summary: | From Orientalism to Cultural Capital presents a fascinating account of the wave of Russophilia that pervaded British literary culture in the early twentieth century. The authors bring a new approach to the study of this period, exploring the literary phenomenon through two theoretical models from the social sciences: Orientalism and the notion of "cultural capital" associated with Pierre Bourdieu. Examining the responses of leading literary practitioners who had a significant impact on the institutional transmission of Russian culture, they reassess the mechanics of cultural dialogism, mediation and exchange, casting new light on British perceptions of modernism as a transcultural artistic movement and the ways in which the literary interaction with the myth of Russia shaped and intensified these cultural views. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 337 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1787073947 9781787073944 |