A Nation Astray : : Nomadism and National Identity in Russian Literature / / Ingrid Anne Kleespies.

The metaphor of the nomad may at first seem surprising for Russia given its history of serfdom, travel restrictions, and strict social hierarchy. But as the imperial center struggled to tame a vast territory with ever-expanding borders, ideas of mobility, motion, travel, wandering, and homelessness...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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Physical Description:1 online resource (265 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER ONE: Tracing the Topos of the Eternal Russian Traveler
  • CHAPTER TWO: Chaadaev's Wayward Russia
  • CHAPTER THREE: A Poet Astray
  • CHAPTER FOUR: ''A Journey around the World by I. Oblomov''
  • CHAPTER FIVE: A Radical at Large
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index