Exotic Moscow Under Western Eyes —— Essays on Culture, Civilization and Barbarism

----- 西方眼中的异国莫斯科

ISBN: 9781934843406 出版年：2009 页码：265 Masing-Delic, Irene Academic Studies Press

This collection of essays on Turgenev, Goncharov, Conrad, Dostoevsky, Blok, Briusov, Gor鈥檏ii, Pasternak and Nabokov represents diverse voices but is also unified. One invariant is the recurring distinction between 鈥渃ulture鈥?and 鈥渃ivilization鈥?and the vision of Russia as the bearer of culture because it is 鈥渂arbaric.鈥?Another stance advocates the synthesis of 鈥渟ense and sensibility鈥?and the vision of 鈥淎pollo鈥?and 鈥淒ionysus鈥?creating a 鈥渃ivilized culture鈥?together. Those voices that delight in the artificiality of civilization are complemented by those apprehensive of the dangers inherent in barbarism. This collection thus adds new perspectives to the much-debated opposition of vital Russia and a declining West, offering novel interpretations of classics from Oblomov to Lolita and The Idiot to Doctor Zhivago.