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Wingless Desire in Modernist Russia

- Envy and Authorship in the 1920s

About Wingless Desire in Modernist Russia

Russia's chief poet Alexander Pushkin defines envy as "wingless desire" in his short play "Mozart and Salieri" (1830). Wingless Desire in Modernist Russia examines how the Mozart and Salieri literary archetypes swap roles and how "envier" becomes "envied" in Russian Modernist prose during the New Economic Policy of 1921-1928.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9781793605580
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 296
  • Published:
  • December 14, 2020
  • Dimensions:
  • 158x236x26 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 598 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: November 23, 2024

Description of Wingless Desire in Modernist Russia

Russia's chief poet Alexander Pushkin defines envy as "wingless desire" in his short play "Mozart and Salieri" (1830). Wingless Desire in Modernist Russia examines how the Mozart and Salieri literary archetypes swap roles and how "envier" becomes "envied" in Russian Modernist prose during the New Economic Policy of 1921-1928.

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