The Irony of the Ideal : Paradoxes of Russian Literature - 9781618119827

Explores the major paradoxes of Russian literature as a manifestation of both tragic and ironic contradictions of human nature and national character. Russian literature is studied as a holistic text that plays on the reversal of such opposites as being and nothingness, reality and simulation, and rationality and absurdity.

• | : Mikhail Epstein
• | Publisher: Academic Studies Press
• | Publication Date: Oct 18, 2018
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 440 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 1618119826
• | ISBN-13: 9781618119827