Russian orientalism : Asia in the Russian mind from Peter the Great to the emigration / / David Schimmelpenninck van der Oye.
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| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 298 p. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: What is Russian orientalism?
- The forest and the steppe
- The Petrine dawn
- Catherinian chinoiserie
- The oriental muse
- The Kazan school
- Missionary orientology
- The rise of the St. Petersburg school
- The oriental faculty
- The exotic self
- Conclusion: Asia in the Russian mind.