Turgenev and the Context of English Literature 1850-1900

by Turton,Glyn

• ISBN13: 9780415077422
• ISBN10: 0415077427
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1992-07-02
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Turgenev and the Context of English Literatureexamines the cultural outlook in the Anglo-Saxon world in the second half of the nineteenth century by looking at the reception of Turgenev's work during the period. By analysing the timing and quality of the contemporary English translations of Turgenev's work, and his influence on the work of a number of writers including Henry James and George Gissing, Glyn Turton charts the development of contemporary cultural and moral attitudes.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. viii
A Note on Editions and Abbreviations	p. ix
Key to Abbreviations	p. x
Introduction	p. 1
Turgenev in the Context of the 1850s	p. 5
Turgenev in the Critical Outlook of Henry James	p. 29
The Fiction of James and Turgenev	p. 58
Turgenev and George Gissing	p. 101
Turgenev in the Context of the 1890s	p. 135
The Garnett Translations	p. 183
Notes	p. 203
Bibliography	p. 208
Index	p. 216
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