{"product_id":"formalists-against-imperialism-the-death-of-vazir-mukhtar-and-russian-orientalism-hardback-9781487543853","title":"Formalists Against Imperialism; The Death of Vazir-Mukhtar and Russian Orientalism (Hardback) 9781487543853","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFormalists Against Imperialism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Death of Vazir-Mukhtar and Russian Orientalism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAnna Aydinyan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487543853\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 22 July 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.5 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn January 1829, an angry mob in Tehran murdered Russian poet and diplomat Alexander Griboedov, author of the verse comedy \u003ci\u003eWoe from Wit\u003c\/i\u003e and architect of the Russian annexation of the north Caucasus from Persia after the Russo-Persian War. A century later, the Russian formalist writer Yury Tynianov wrote a historical novel about the event entitled \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Vazir-Mukhtar\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this wide-ranging study, Anna Aydinyan posits that \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Vazir-Mukhtar\u003c\/i\u003e conceptualizes Orientalism fifty years before Edward Said coined the term. She argues that Tynianov parodied historical works on the Caucasus in his novel in order to critique the ways in which exoticizing the East enabled imperialism and colonization. Analysing literary and non-literary texts on Russia\u0026amp;#x2019;s relationship with Iran, along with the economic and cultural development of Transcaucasia after the Russo-Persian War, \u003ci\u003eFormalists against Imperialism\u003c\/i\u003e studies Russian culture within the framework of comparative colonialisms and examines the twentieth-century Russian reconsideration of the country\u0026amp;#x2019;s imperial past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eA Note on Translations and Transliteration\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Colonial Management of Transcaucasia and the Ideas of the European Enlightenment\u003cbr\u003e2. The \"Oriental Journeys\" in \u003cem\u003eThe Death of Vazir-Mukhtar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. A Novelistic Outline of Orientalism\u003cbr\u003e4. \"The Fountain of Bakhchisaray\": The Harem of the Russian Empire\u003cbr\u003e5. Infant Asia and Stenka Razin: Persia in the Works of the Soviet Avant-Garde \u003cbr\u003e6. The \"Treacherous Eunuch\" in Pursuit of Freedom: Search for Authenticity in the Works of Montesquieu and Tynianov \u003cbr\u003e7. Facing the Future and Confronting the Former Self: An Iranian Delegation\u0026amp;#x2019;s Visit to Petersburg in 1829 and Its Interpretation in 1929 \u003cbr\u003e8. Knowledge Is Power: \u003cem\u003eThe Death of Vazir-Mukhtar\u003c\/em\u003e as a Parody of a Spy Novel\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: Tynianov\u0026amp;#x2019;s Anti-imperialist Legacy and the 2010 Television Adaptation of His Novel \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595787694360,"sku":"9781487543853","price":31.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/formalists-against-imperialism-the-death-of-vazir-mukhtar-and-russian-orientalism-hardback-9781487543853","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}