The Cambridge Companion to Modern Russian Culture (Cambridge Companions to Culture) PDF
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TheCambridgeCompanionto ModernRussianCulture Russiaisadominantforceintheworld,yetitsculturehasbeen shapedbytensionsinvolvedinitsuniquepositiononthemargins ofbothEastandWest.AsRussiafacesthelatestculturalchallenge fromoutsideitsnationalboundaries,thisvolumeintroduces Russiancultureinallitsrichdiversity,includingthehistorical conditionsthathelpedshapeitandtheartsthatexpressits highestachievements.Newlycommissionedessaysbyleading scholarsexplorelanguage,religion,geography,ideological structures,folkethosandpopularculture,literature,music, theatre,art,andfilm.Achronologyandguidestofurtherreading arealsoprovided.TheCompanionprovidesbothhistorical orientationforthecentralprocessesofRussiancultureand introductorysurveysoftheartsintheirmoderncontext.Overall, thevolumereveals,forstudents,scholars,andallthoseinterested inRussia,thedilemmas,strengths,andcomplexitiesofthe Russianculturalexperience. NicholasRzhevskyisAssociateProfessorofGermanatthe StateUniversityofNewYork,StonyBrook.Heisauthorof RussianLiteratureandIdeology(1983)andeditorofAnAnthologyof RussianLiterature:IntroductiontoaCulture(1996),amongother works.HeeditedandtranslatedPushkin’sBorisGodunovand wrotetheEnglish-languageversionofCrimeandPunishment recentlydirectedbyYuryLiubimovatLondon’sLyricTheatre, Hammersmith. CambridgeCompanionstoCulture TheCambridgeCompaniontoModernGermanCulture EditedbyEvaKolinskyandWilfriedvanderWill TheCambridgeCompaniontoModernRussianCulture EditedbyNicholasRzhevsky TheCambridgeCompaniontoModernSpanishCulture EditedbyDavidT.Gies TheCambridgeCompanionto ModernRussianCulture editedby NicholasRzhevsky publishedbythepresssyndicateoftheuniversityofcambridge ThePittBuilding,TrumpingtonStreet,Cambridge,UnitedKingdom cambridgeuniversitypress TheEdinburghBuilding,Cambridgecb22ru,UK 40West20thStreet,NewYork,nvicy10011–4211,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,vic3207,Australia RuizdeAlarco(cid:1)n13,28014Madrid,Spain DockHouse,TheWaterfront,CapeTown8001,SouthAfrica http://www.cambridge.org ©CambridgeUniversityPress1998 Thisbookisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithout thewrittenpermissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished1998 Fourthprinting2002 PrintedintheUnitedKingdomattheUniversityPress,Cambridge Typesetin9/13ptLexicon(TheEnschedéFontFoundry),inQuarkXPress® [se] AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary LibraryofCongressCataloguinginPublicationdata TheCambridgeCompaniontomodernRussianculture/editedbyNicholas Rzhevsky. p. cm.–(Cambridgecompanionstoculture) Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. isbn 0521472180(hardback) isbn 0521477999(paperback) 1.Russian–Civilization. 2.Russia(Federation)–Civilization. 3.Arts,Modern–Russia. 4.Arts,Modern–Russia(Federation) I.Rzhevsky,Nicholas,1943–. II.Series. dk32.c33 1998 947.08–dc21 98-3850cip isbn 0521472180 hardback isbn 0521477999 paperback Contents Listofillustrations ix Listofcontributors xi Chronology xiv Noteonnamesandtransliteration xxviii 1 Russianculturalhistory:introduction 1 nicholas rzhevsky PartI Culturalidentity Origins 2 Language 19 dean s. worth 3 Religion:RussianOrthodoxy 38 dmitry s. likhachev Boundaries 4 Asia 57 mark bassin 5 TheWest 85 pierre r. hart 6 Ideologicalstructures 103 abbott gleason 7 Popularculture 125 catriona kelly viii Contents PartII Literatureandthearts 8 Literature 161 david m. bethea 9 Art 205 john e. bowlt 10 Music 236 harlow robinson 11 Theatre 264 laurence senelick 12 Film 299 nikita lary Suggestedreading 330 Aselectfilmography 347 Index 355 Illustrations 4.1 VasilyIvanovichSurikov,“Yermak’sconquestofSiberiain1582” (1985).Oiloncanvas.BypermissionoftheStateRussianMuseum,St. Petersburg. 63 7.1 ZemstvostatisticiansinaRussianvillage.FromHaroldWilliams, RussiaoftheRussians(London,1914).TaylorInstitution,Oxford. 130 7.2 PilgrimsataRussianmonastery.FromRothayReynolds,MyRussian Year(London,c.1912).TaylorInstitution,Oxford. 132 7.3 “Thefourlovingheartswhospendtheirtimeingamingandamuse- ments.”Lateeighteenth-centurywoodcut.FromIu.Ovsiannikov,The Lubok(Moscow,1968).TaylorInstitution,Oxford. 139 7.4 “Thesirin-bird.”OldBelieverwatercolorinthestyleofanengraved lubok.Probablyearlynineteenthcentury.FromIu.Ovsiannikov,The Lubok(Moscow,1968).TaylorInstitution,Oxford. 140 7.5 Girlsusingkacheli,aRussianswing,andaseesaw,bothpopular amusementssincemedievaltimes.Russianlithograph,c.1850, author’sowncollection. 150 7.6 “TsarSaltan’sfeast”:illustrationbyIvanBilibintoPushkin’sverse folk-talestylizationSkazkaotsareSaltane,Moscow1905.Author’sown collection. 154 11.1 Griboedov’s“WoefromWit”attheMoscowMalyTheatreinthe 1850s:L.V.SamarinasChatsky,MikhailShchepkinasFamusov,and G.S.OlginasSkalozub.PhototypebyPanov.LaurenceSenelickcollec- tion. 268 11.2 Korsh’sTheatre,Moscow,designedbythearchitectM.N.Chicagov. LaurenceSenelickcollection. 270 11.3 ThelastactofChekhov’sTheThreeSistersattheMoscowArtTheatre, directedbyStanislavskyinthesettingbyViktorSimov(1903). LaurenceSenelickcollection. 271 11.4 MichaelChekhovasHamlet.LaurenceSenelickcollection. 279
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