The Shape of Apocalypse in Modern Russian Fiction / / David M. Bethea.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Bethea, David M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1989
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 931
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (328 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; A Note on the Transliteration --; Preface --; Introduction: Myth, History, Plot, Steed --; ONE. The Idiot: Historicism Arrives at the Station --; TWO. Petersburg: The Apocalyptic Horseman, the Unicorn, and the Verticality of Narrative --; THREE. Chevengur: On the Road with the Bolshevik Utopia --; FOUR. The Master and Margarita: History as Hippodrome --; FIVE. Doctor Zhivago: The Revolution and the Red Crosse Knight --; Afterword: The End and Beyond --; Works Cited --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400859658; 9783110413441; 9783110413533; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400859658
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: David M. Bethea.

David Bethea examines the distinctly Russian view of the "end" of history in five major works of modern Russian fiction.Originally published in 1989.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.