The Irony of the Ideal: Paradoxes of Russian Literature

By Mikhail Epstein

Book Overview

Explores the most tormenting problems of Russian literature in provocative engagements with its major authors, from Pushkin, Gogol and Dostoevsky to Nabokov, Platonov and post-Soviet postmodernists. Focuses on the ironies and paradoxes that transform sublime ideals into their opposites and trigger the forces of evil and self-destruction.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1618119826
• ISBN13: 9781618119827
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Academic Studies Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"