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Yuri Tynianov's The Death of Vazir-Mukhtar
Futilities of Fact and Fruits of Fiction
Yuri Tynianov's The Death of Vazir-Mukhtar
Futilities of Fact and Fruits of Fiction
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This edited collection is the first critical collection on the author in English and it approaches the breadth and depth of Tynianov's thought by focusing on his fiction, specifically his major, most cryptic and experimental novel The Death of Vazir-Mukhtar (1928). Deeply rooted in and showcasing the practical application of Formalist theory, the novel is as significant for the history of literary theory as it is for Russian Modernism and it is a major missing link in the history of Formalist thought.
Thematically, the topics in this volume are: the representation of Persia in Russian literature, the history of Russia's military engagements in the Caucasus and Iran, Griboedov's commercial plans in Transcaucasia, the fascinating and lethal Great Game – Russo-British diplomatic rivalries in the region and the web of diplomatic intrigue that led to the tragic end of the Russian embassy; the aftermath of the Decembrist uprising of 1825 and the fates of its survivors, and, of course, the elusive Russian author.
Table of Contents
Part One: Architectonics and Constructive principles.
Chapter 1. DVM as an 'investigative' philological novel: Testing theory by creative writing. Darya Khitrova
Chapter 2. Death as Device: Unmaking DVM. Basil Lvoff
Chapter 3. Notes on Cinematic Techniques in DVM. Elena Fratto
Chapter 4. DVM as a Spy Novel. Anna Aydinyan
Part Two: Subtexts and Sources: Manipulation of Signification
Chapter 5. DVM: Sources and subtexts. Georgy Levinton
Chapter 6. Griboedov's letters as a factual source of Tynianov's novel DVM and On the Spe-cific features of authorial narration in Tynianov's historical fiction. Zinaida Poly-ak
Part Three: Intertext: Shaping Text against Another. Literary Interrelations.
Chapter 7. Functions of the allusions to The Song of Igor's Campaign in Tynianov's DVM. Andrey Ranchin
Chapter 8. “The Play's the Thing”: Shakespearean Subtexts in Tynianov's DVM. Anna Rush
Chapter 9. Tynianov's Method of Creative Writing and the Silver Age Legacy (Dmitrii Me-rezhkovsky). Oleg Lekmanov
Chapter 10. Russian Futurist Poetry and Tynianov's Metaphoricity (Mayakovsky). Dmitrii Bykov
Chapter 11. Mandelstam's Oral Statement about DVM and the Tynianov subtext of The Egyp-tian Stamp in Osip Mandelstam's Poetics. ?mri Ronen
Part Three: Formalist Myth-making
Chapter 12. Mythological basis of Tynianiov's DVM: the Myth of the Minotaur. Olga Pleshkova
Chapter 13. Ambivalent sympathizer: Griboedov's Decembrism in Tynianov's DVM. Mila Trigos
Chapter 14. Representation of Persia in Tynianov's Fiction. Gennady Isaev
Chapter 15. Faddei Bulgarin and Griboedov (participation and exact title to be confirmed). Abram Reitblat
About the Contributors
Index
Product details
| Published | Jan 08 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 256 |
| ISBN | 9798216268581 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Series | Crosscurrents: Russia's Literature in Context |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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