{"product_id":"the-visual-dominant-in-eighteenth-century-russia-hardback-9780875804422","title":"The Visual Dominant in Eighteenth-Century Russia (Hardback) 9780875804422","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Visual Dominant in Eighteenth-Century Russia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMarcus C. Levitt (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780875804422\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 October 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e374 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm, 0.907 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\u003cp\u003e[A] groundbreaking new book\u003c\/p\u003e (Slavonic and East European Review) \u003cp\u003eLevitt puts forth a fascinating and highly original thesis concerning the centrality of visual motifs in Russia's Enlightenment culture. I found the discussion of Orthodox theology and the ways it echoed in eighteenth-century literature to be innovative, intellectually stimulating, and persuasive.\u003c\/p\u003e - Elise Kimerling Wirtschafter, California State Polytechnic University Pomon\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Enlightenment privileged vision as the principle means of understanding the world, but the eighteenth-century Russian preoccupation with sight was not merely a Western import.\u003c\/b\u003e In his masterful study, Levitt shows the visual to have had deep indigenous roots in Russian Orthodox culture and theology, arguing that the visual played a crucial role in the formation of early modern Russian culture and identity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLevitt traces the early modern Russian quest for visibility from jubilant self-discovery, to serious reflexivity, to anxiety and crisis. The book examines verbal constructs of sight—in poetry, drama, philosophy, theology, essay, memoir—that provide evidence for understanding the special character of vision of the epoch. Levitt's groundbreaking work represents both a new reading of various central and lesser known texts and a broader revisualization of Russian eighteenth-century culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorks that have considered the intersections of Russian literature and the visual in recent years have dealt almost exclusively with the modern period or with icons. \u003ci\u003eThe Visual Dominant in Eighteenth-Century Russia\u003c\/i\u003e is an important addition to the scholarship and will be of major interest to scholars and students of Russian literature, culture, and religion, and specialists on the Enlightenment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Northern Illinois University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52681222947096,"sku":"9780875804422","price":41.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-visual-dominant-in-eighteenth-century-russia-hardback-9780875804422","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}