Locating Exiled Writers in Contemporary Russian Literature Exiles at Home

by Wakamiya, Lisa Ryoko

• ISBN13: 9780230621855
• ISBN10: 0230621856
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-12-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This innovative study examines the work of exiles from the Soviet Union who returned to a reformed post-Soviet Russia to initiate narrative processes of self-definition oriented toward a readership and nation seeking self-identity, all at a time of social, political and cultural transition within Russia itself.

Author Biography

Liso Ryoko Wakamiya is Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures in the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics at Florida State University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction: The Exiles Return	p. 1
Russian Cosmopolitan	p. 27
Agency Abroad and at Home	p. 69
Authenticity, Camera, Action	p. 109
The End of Exile-The End of Return?	p. 147
Notes	p. 155
Works Cited	p. 187
Index	p. 201
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