Fiction's Overcoat: Russian Literary Culture and the Question of Philosophy

by Edith W. Clowes

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If Dostoevsky claimed that all Russian writers of his day "came out from Gogol's 'Overcoat, '" then Edith W. Clowes boldly expands his dramatic image to describe the emergence of Russian philosophy out from under the "overcoat" of Russian literature. In Fiction's Overcoat, Clowes responds to the view, commonly held by Western European and North American thinkers, that Russian culture has no philosophical tradition. If that is true, she asks, why...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0801441927

ISBN13:9780801441929

Release Date:March 2004

Publisher:Cornell University Press

Length:296 Pages

Weight:1.37 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.2" x 9.5"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Criticism & Theory English Literature Europe European History History & Criticism History & Surveys Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature

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