Esthetics as Nightmare: Russian Literary Theory, 1855-1870

by Charles A. Moser

Book Overview

As an epoch of "censorship terror" drew to a close with the death of Nicholas I and the end of the Crimean War, Russian intellectuals had begun expressing their desires for political, philosophical, and religious reform through passionate debates over literature and esthetics. Charles Moser re-creates the leading controversies over literature and art during a crucial period that saw the work of such authors as Turgenev, Dostoevsky, and Tolstoy. Emphasizing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691067635
• ISBN13: 9780691067636
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.8"