TY - BOOK AU - Cornwell,Neil TI - Odoevsky's four pathways into modern fiction: a comparative study SN - 9781847792846 AV - PG3337 .O364 2010 PY - 2010/// CY - Manchester PB - Manchester University Press KW - OdoevskÄ­i, V. F. / KW - Fiction KW - 19th century KW - History and criticism KW - 20th century KW - Fiction genres KW - Romanticism KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 9780719082092; 9780719082092; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Musicman: the musical-artisticstory from Hoffmann and Odoevsky to Pasternak; 2 Starman: the rise of the 'cosmic traveller'; 3 Seerman: the rise ofthe psychic detective; 4 Monk: duelling confession within the novel; Conclusion; Appendix; Index; 2; b N2 - This book takes four stories by the Russian Romantic author Vladimir Odoevsky to illustrate?pathways?, developed further by subsequent writers, into modern fiction. Featured here are: the artistic (musical story), the rise of science fiction, psychic aspects of the detective story, and of confession in the novel. The four chapters also examine the development of the featured categories by a wide range of subsequent writers in fiction ranging from the Romantic period up to the present century. The study works backwards from Odoevsky?s stories, noting respective previous examples or traditions UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=515149&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -