The Firebird and the Fox

ISBN-13: 9781108484466 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 346 str.

Jeffrey Brooks

Opis

Showcasing the genius of Russian art, literature, music, and dance over a century of turmoil, Jeffrey Brooks uses the emblematic characters of the firebird and the fox to demonstrate the shared traditions, mutual influences and enduring themes that made up the dynamic cultural ecosystem that shaped these works.

Recenzje

'The originality of Brooks's approach, combined with his mastery of his subject matter, as well as his terse, efficient writing style, forms a sweeping, nuanced study that in other hands might have turned out overly deterministic or clichéd.' American Historical Review

Spis treści

List of illustrations; Preface; Introduction: an age of genius; Part I. Emancipation of the Arts (1850–1889): 1. Freedom and the fool; 2. Desire and rebellion; 3. Artists and subjects; 4. Anton Chekhov in his time; 5. The writer as civic actor; Part II. Politics and the Arts (1890–1916): 6. After realism: art and authority; 7. The performing arts: Diaghilev's Ballets Russes; 8. Celebrity, humor, and the avant-garde; Part III. The Bolshevik Revolution and the Arts (1917–1950): 9. A new normal; 10. Irony and power; 11. An era of the fox; 12. Goodness endures; Epilogue.