From the Shadow of Empire: Defining the Russian Nation Through Cultural Mythology, 1855-1870

ISBN-13: 9780299235949 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 294 str.

Olga Maiorova

Opis

As nationalism spread across nineteenth-century Europe, Russia's national identity remained murky - there was no clear distinction between the Russian nation and the expanding multiethnic empire that called itself Russian. When Tsar Alexander II's Great Reforms (1855-1870s) allowed some freedom for public debate, Russian nationalist intellectuals embarked on a major project - which they undertook in the daily press, popular historiography, and works of fiction - of finding the Russian nation within the empire and rendering the empire in nationalistic terms.

Spis treści

List of Illustrations    Introduction: Cultural Myth and National Self-Perception in the Turbulent Reform Era        1. The Shifting Vision of the Nation in the Aftermath of the Crimean War        2. The Varangian Legend: Defining the Nation through the Foundation Myth        3. War as Peace: The Symbol of Popular War during the Polish Uprising (1863)        4. Literary Representations of a Nation at War: From Apocalyptic Battle to Beehive        5. The Myth of Spiritual Descent: Re-mapping the Empire        In Place of a Conclusion: The Legacy of Reform Era Nationalism        Notes        Bibliography        Index