On the Periphery of Europe, 1762–1825 : : The Self-Invention of the Russian Elite /

On the Periphery of Europe, 1762–1825 : : The Self-Invention of the Russian Elite / / Andrei Zorin, Andreas Schönle.

Throughout the eighteenth century, the Russian elite assimilated the ideas, emotions, and practices of the aristocracy in Western countries to various degrees, while retaining a strong sense of their distinctive identity. In On the Periphery of Europe, 1762–1825, Andreas Schönle and Andrei Zorin exa...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
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Schönle, Andreas,
Zorin, Andrei,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2020]
©2018
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note to the Reader
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. HISTORICAL OUTLINE OF RUSSIA’S EUROPEANIZATION TO 1825
  • 2. EXPOSURE TO EUROPE
  • 3. COMMERCE WITH POWER
  • 4. THE QUEST FOR TRUE SPIRITUALITY
  • 5. WRITING ON THE TABULA RASA
  • 6. THE RISE OF LITERATURE AND THE EMERGENCE OF A SECULAR CULT
  • 7. THE EUROPEANIZED SELF COLONIZING THE PROVINCES
  • CONCLUSION
  • Abbreviations
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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