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All the Same the Words Don't Go Away brings together twenty-five years of essays and reviews, linked loosely by three themes. The first explores the legacy of Mikhail Bakhtin: his ideas of dialogue and carnival, and the debates ignited by each. The second delves into three "master workers" of the Russian tradition: Pushkin, Tolstoy, and Dostoevsky. In this section, emphasis is comparative: the riddle of Pushkin's life, why "Tolstoy versus Dostoevsky," how Chekhov reads Tolstoy, why Kundera dislikes Doestoevsky and Tolstoy dislikes Shakespeare. The final section addresses the transposition of classic literary texts into other media through musical works by Musorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, and Prokofiev. Throughout, the fundamental heroes are Pushkin's Tatiana Larina and Boris Godunov. This volume will be of interest to comparativists and students in interdisciplinary humanities.
Price: $139.00
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Imprint: Academic Studies Press
Series: Studies in Russian and Slavic Literatures, Cultures, and History
Publication Date:
01 November 2010
Trim Size: 9.21 X 6.14 in
ISBN: 9781934843819
Format: Hardcover
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"If ever there was a writer whose words should never be allowed to go away it is Caryl Emerson, our most precious musicoliterary bridge builder. Having these words collected is like having a party with all your best friends."
— Richard Taruskin, University of California at Berkeley
— Richard Taruskin, University of California at Berkeley
Caryl Emerson is A. Watson Armour III University Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Princeton University, with a co-appointment in Comparative Literature. Research interests include Mikhail Bakhtin, 19th-century Russian classics (Pushkin, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky), Russian opera and vocal music (especially Musorgsky), and the Russian critical tradition. Her most recent book was The Cambridge Introduction to Russian Literature (2008).