{"product_id":"andrei-bitov-the-ecology-of-inspiration-paperback-9780521025270","title":"Andrei Bitov; The Ecology of Inspiration (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521025270","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAndrei Bitov\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Ecology of Inspiration\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first book-length study of Andrei Bitov, one of contemporary Russia's most original writers.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEllen Chances (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521025270, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 March 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e352 pages, 11 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.8 x 14.1 x 2.2 cm, 0.459 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'A fine, impressive work … a very intelligent and sensitive analysis.' George Gibian, Cornell University\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is the first book on Andrei Bitov, one of contemporary Russia's most original writers. It plots his evolution from his early publications of the post-Stalin years to his mature masterpieces of the glasnost era. Ellen Chances assesses his place both in the Russian literary tradition from Pushkin onwards, and as part of a broader, international cultural heritage including Dickens, Fellini, and Proust. She explores his themes, from the psychological effects of Stalin on Soviet society to universal questions such as the human being's relationship with nature, history and culture, and discovers in his deeply philosophical and intensely psychological writings an innovative methodology, 'ecological prose', that goes beyond modernist and post-modernist fragmentation in search of the wholeness of life.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e 1. Andrei Bitov's ecological prose\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Big Balloon: terrestrial and celestial spheres\u003cbr\u003e 3. Such a long Childhood: growing pains\u003cbr\u003e 4. Dacha District: automatic pilot living and creative living\u003cbr\u003e 5. Apothecary Island: 'I-lands' of existence\u003cbr\u003e 6. Image of Life: life and images of life\u003cbr\u003e 7. Seven Journeys: journeys to the other and journey to the self\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Days of Man: roles and themes\u003cbr\u003e 9. Metropol: Bitov's stories about Life and Death\u003cbr\u003e 10. Sunday: more 'I-lands' and journeys\u003cbr\u003e 11. Pushkin House: the riddles of life and literature\u003cbr\u003e 12. Bitov's post-Pushkin House prose, or life in the images of life\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: from c 1900 - [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: from c 1900 -\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20from%20c%201900%20-%20%5BDSBH%5D%22\"\u003eDSBH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006172221720,"sku":"9780521025270","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521025270i_703a9501-b811-423c-97e2-c88c9dc803d6.jpg?v=1694964629","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/andrei-bitov-the-ecology-of-inspiration-paperback-9780521025270","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}