{"product_id":"contemporary-russian-satire-a-genre-study-hardback-9780521475150","title":"Contemporary Russian Satire; A Genre Study (Hardback) 9780521475150","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eContemporary Russian Satire\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Genre Study\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is a 1996 study of the extraordinary diversity and range of satirical writing in Russian literature of the 1970s and 1980s.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKaren L. Ryan-Hayes (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521475150, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 January 1996\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.1 cm, 0.54 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\"I highly recommend this book for advanced undergraduate courses in Russian and world literature, and also for specialists.\"    Valerie Z. Nollan, The Russian Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis wide-ranging 1996 study presents an examination of the extraordinary diversity and range of satirical writing in Russian literature and will be of interest not only to Slavicists but also to those interested in genre theory. Through the close analysis of seminal satirical texts written by five Russian and émigré authors in the 1970s and 1980s, Karen Ryan-Hayes demonstrates that formal and thematic parody is pervasive and that it provides additional levels of meaning in contemporary Russian satire. Each work under examination is placed within the wider European literary context as well as within the Russian tradition and is representative of a different sub-genre of satire. The author focuses on a variety of these genres and modes and offers practical criticism on each text. The writers under discussion have enjoyed a positive reception in the West and their works demonstrate the variety and vitality of Russian and Soviet satire.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Note on the translation\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Iskander's transparent allegory: Rabbits and Boa Constrictors\u003cbr\u003e 2. Beyond picaresque: Erofeev's Moscow-Petushki\u003cbr\u003e 3. Satire and the autobiographical mode: Limonov's It's Me, Eddie\u003cbr\u003e 4. The family chronicle revisited: Dovlatov's Ours\u003cbr\u003e 5. Dystopia redux: Voinovich and Moscow 2042\u003cbr\u003e Conclusions\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Select 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":46007674732824,"sku":"9780521475150","price":79.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521475150i_53f48fa2-8b3e-4a90-a7f5-688a4decce87.jpg?v=1691382837","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/contemporary-russian-satire-a-genre-study-hardback-9780521475150","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}