texts about Moscow

[Robert Chandler]

Dear all,

I’m surprised that no one has yet mentioned (at least, not on-list) Andrey Platonov’s novel, HAPPY MOSCOW.   The NYRB Classics edition of our translation also includes other related works, including “Love for the Motherland, or The Sparrow’s Journey”, in which the Pushkin Monument plays an important role.  Platonov submitted the story to a journal in late 1936, evidently hoping it would be published to coincide with the 1937 Pushkin celebrations.

There is also a remarkable short poem by Khlebnikov, which begins, “Moskva, kto ty?”

All the best,

Robert


On 2 Oct 2014, at 13:16, David J. Galloway <dgallowa at TWCNY.RR.COM> wrote:

> Dear Seelangers,
>  
> I’m searching for texts (in the broadest sense) for a senior seminar based on Moscow as a topos. This could include literature, history, film, cultural studies, and so on, but the most suitable would engage Moscow as a dominant theme. (A colleague previously offered the same seminar using Petersburg as the focus; this would be a companion to that course.) Any suggestions of materials in Russian or English would be most welcome, especially if you have taught such a course previously.
>  
> Most desired would be texts which give differing views of Moscow life over the centuries. I’m looking for things beyond the obvious (Gilyarovsky, Bulgakov, Erofeev, Rybakov, etc.) especially shorter pieces which I might easily overlook.
>  
> Please reply off-list to galloway at hws.edu.
>  
> Thanks in advance,
> DJG
>  
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