Poverty of the imagination : nineteenth-century Russian literature about the poor
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Poverty of the imagination : nineteenth-century Russian literature about the poor
(Studies in Russian literature and theory)
Northwestern University Press, 2001
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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An examination of how 19th-century Russian writers portrayed poverty, and what their portrayal reveals about core values of Russian culture. It focuses on specific texts, such as Karamzin's "Poor Liza" and Pushkin's "Egyptian Nights", but addresses the literary tradition as a whole.
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