Mamin-Sibiriak rides again

[Muireann Maguire]

Dear all,

A final year undergraduate of mine is putting together a long essay (7500
words) on the nineteenth-century novelist and journalist Dmitrii
Mamin-Sibiriak (now quite obscure). He has done a lot of research in Perm
and Ekaterinburg on the writer's archives, and is now attempting to situate
him in a wider context - both the literary context (other fiction
contemporary with Mamin-Sibiriak's and on similar themes) and the historical
context (oblastnichestvo, the rise of zemstvos). As my student puts it in
his own words:

"I'm researching the late 19th-century author Dmitri Mamin-Sibiriak with the
aim of placing him in a literary and historical context.
I'm looking for works which examine the morality of industrial development
and the role of the intelligentsia.
In addition, it would be useful to find literary representations of
provincial identity to compare with Mamin-Sibiriak's work. Any historical
material on any of these themes would also be very much appreciated"

If you have any suggestions for his project, please reply on- or off-list to
me at muireann.maguire at googlemail.com

Best wishes to all,

Muireann Maguire
Career Development Fellow and Tutor in Russian
Wadham College, University of Oxford

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