question for 19th century Russian literature specialists

Wed Nov 6 14:57:37 UTC 2013

Your student might want to look at the following to get some ideas about which authors/works to look at. June Farris

*         The Society Tale in Russian Literature: From Odoevskii to Tolstoi. Ed. by Neil Cornwell. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1998. 197p.

*         Andrew, Joe.  Women in Russian Literature, 1780-1863.  New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988.  210p.  [Twenty-four works by Fonvizin, Radishchev, Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol, Turgenev and Chernyshevsky receive textual analysis from a feminist perspective, seeking to examine the way women were represented in 19th century Russian culture, their sexuality, male-female relationships, and the impact of these female literary characters on the roles of women in that society.]

*         Aplin, Hugh Anthony.  M. S. Zhukova and E. A. Gan: Women Writers and Female Protagonists, 1837-1843.  436p.  (Ph.d dissertation, University of East Anglia, 1988)  [discusses the "society tale"]

*         Rossinevich, V.  Zhenskie tipy v russkoi literaturie v pervoi polovinie XIX vieka.  S.-Peterburg: Tip. Iu. N. Erlikh, 1913.  44p. [A discussion of women in the context of their families and in society, as reflected in the literature of Fonvizin, Pushkin, Turgenev, Dostoevsky and Tolstoi, whose characters have signaled the arrival of a new time and new type of woman.]

English literature:

*         Engelhardt, Molly. Dancing Out of Line: Ballrooms, Ballets, and Mobility in Victorian Fiction and Culture. Athens: Ohio Univ Press, 2009.

*         Burney, Fanny. Evelina, or, The History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World. New York: Norton, 1965. (many editions)

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Subject: [SEELANGS] FW: question for 19th century Russian literature specialists

Greetings,

    I am a librarian helping a student with her undergraduate thesis.  Although my academic background does include 19th century Russian literature, I do not have the personal or specific knowledge required to answer her questions.  I am posting her query below.

If any of you have any suggestions for authors or for literature on the debutante experience in Russia, please let me know!

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            "I have narrowed down my thesis to looking at the debutant (and "coming out" as a woman into society) in Russian literature, mostly       focused on the works of Leo Tolstoy, Ivan Turgenev, Nikolai Cherneshevsky, Nikolai Leskov and Karolina Pavlova. I was wondering if you            knew of anyone who could act as a foil to these authors- someone who would be seen as much more traditional in their views (compared to       these authors who tend to have more feminist and modern opinions). It would be preferable if their works had been translated into English,            to save me some time!

            I was also wondering if you knew of anything previously written on this topic. Again, something written or translated into English would be        preferable. If there isn't anything available about "coming out" in Russian culture, would there possibly be something about debutants in       English society during a similar time period?"

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Many thanks--

John C. DeSantis, M.A., M.L.S. Bibliographer for Film, Theater and Russian Language and Literature Room 7 Baker-Berry Library | Dartmouth College Hanover | New Hampshire 03755 | USA

Email: John.DeSantis at dartmouth.edu<mailto:John.DeSantis at dartmouth.edu>

Phone: +1 603- 646-0413

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            John

John C. DeSantis, M.A., M.L.S. Cataloging and Metadata Services Librarian Bibliographer for Film, Theater and Russian Language and Literature Room 7 Baker-Berry Library | Dartmouth College Hanover | New Hampshire 03755 | USA

Email: John.DeSantis at dartmouth.edu<mailto:John.DeSantis at dartmouth.edu>

Phone: +1 603- 646-0413

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