Odoevsky's four pathways into modern fiction a comparative study.

By:

Cornwell, Neil [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781847792846

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Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

PG3337 .O364 2010

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Subject: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	PG3337.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn818847438

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.

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.

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