Train journeys in C19 Russian literature

Valentino, Russell russell-valentino at UIOWA.EDU
Mon Nov 26 22:55:18 UTC 2012


There is also an interesting non-fictional conversation on a Russian train in Predrag Matvejevic's Eastern Epistolary.

Russell Valentino

On Nov 26, 2012, at 15:26, "Emily Saunders" <emilka at MAC.COM> wrote:

> Every time I see a post in answer to this question, I start humming to myself Машина Времени's song Разговор в поезде.  Not particularly confessional perhaps -- but definitely fits the conversation in a train aspect.
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> Emily Saunders
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> On Nov 26, 2012, at 9:16 AM, CSEES Outreach wrote:
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>> On behalf of Dr. Irene Delic:
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>> Dear Hidden Europe,
>> Perhaps there is something in Turgenev's "Smoke"--at least Litvinov, sitting
>> in a railway compartment, is confessing to himself that he has been a fool,
>> while watching the smoke from the engine billowing over him.
>> IMD
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>> From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Alina Israeli [aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU]
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>> My all-time favorite: "Загадочная натура" Чехова http://feb-web.ru/feb/chekhov/texts/sp0/sp2/sp2-090-.htm
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>> Alina Israeli
>> Associate Professor of Russian
>> WLC, American University
>> 4400 Massachusetts Ave.
>> Washington DC 20016
>> (202) 885-2387   fax (202) 885-1076
>> aisrael at american.edu
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